Milan, 29 March (LaPresse) – "On this Palm Sunday afternoon, we gather without a procession, without palm branches waving in the streets. This absence is not a mere formality. It is the war that has interrupted our festive journey, making even the simple joy of following our King difficult. Our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land cannot fill the streets this Sunday nor join their voices to the festive procession. Today we do not carry palms in procession. Instead, we carry the cross – a cross that is not a useless burden, but the source of true peace. We do not wave olive branches; rather, we choose to become builders of reconciliation, through every gesture, every word, every relationship.” These are the words of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, in his prayer from Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives, during the Palm Sunday service.