He delivered a blessing in St. Peter’s Square at the end of the Mass for the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers April 6, prayed before the newly restored tomb of Pope Urban VIII in St. Peter's Basilica April 10 while dressed in casual attire and went to the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome to pray April 12.

Photos: Christians at church services around the Lehigh Valley, including St. Anne Roman Catholic Church in Bethlehem, marked Palm Sunday, which begins Holy Week.

The strike in Sumy, a northeastern Ukrainian city 18 miles from Russia’s border, took place on a major Christian holiday.