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Holy Week starts off with lots of palms – but Palm Sunday's donkey is just as important to the story

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Holy Week starts off with lots of palms – but Palm Sunday's donkey is just as important to the storyA man chooses a palm cross to buy on Palm Sunday near a church in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2022.Javier Campos/NurPhoto via Getty Images

For the Catholic Church and many other Christian denominations, the Sunday before Easter marks the beginning of the most important week of the year – “Holy Week,” when Christians reflect on central...

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