Photos: Palm Sunday Ushers Holy Week Commemoration in PH

Palm Sunday formally begins among Filipino Catholics the commemoration of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The following are photographs taken April 17, 2011, during the blessing of palm fronds -actually, coconut leaves- called palaspas in the vernacular at the Church of the Holy Sacrifice, University of the Philippines campus, Diliman, Quezon City.

Video shows Fr. Raymond Joseph Arre blessing the palaspas.