Pope Francis renounces delivering his homily in the middle of Palm Sunday Mass. The text of the homily had been written in advance, as usual, and distributed to the press in eight different languages.
Pope Francis continued the celebration of the mass in front of a crowd of 60,000 people, according to a count of the Vatican gendarmerie. The 87-year-old pontiff caught the flu last month and subsequently asked others to read his texts during his appearances. He has suffered from a number of health problems in recent years.