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Frances D'Emilio | Associated Press

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Pope francis marks palm sunday in vatican square | Mind Blowing Facts

Pope Francis blesses the faithful with olive and palm branches before celebrating Palm Sunday Mass. The pontiff gave a 15-minute homily that focused on moments when people feel “extreme pain, love that fails, or is rejected or betrayed.” (AP Photos)

VATICAN CITY — Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left a Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis.

The sun broke through the clouds during the Mass, one of the longest services on the Church’s calendar, as Francis, red vestments placed over his coat, sat in a chair under a canopy erected in the square.

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