Pope Francis leads Palm Sunday mass
Posted: Mar 24, 2013 9:16 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 8:50 PM EDT
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis celebrated his first Palm Sunday as head of the Catholic church.
He led a two hour mass in Vatican City and then went to greet a crowd of 250,000 waiting outside.
He kissed hands, gave hugs and held babies.
Sunday celebrates the Christian holy week leading up to Easter.