Palm Sunday: Christians pray for peace during polls

Rev Fr John Lukwatwa blesses faithful at Holy Family Minor Basilica Nairobi during Palm Sunday Mass. Photo: Moses Omusula, Standard

Hundreds of Catholic faithful gathered at Holy Family Minor Basilica to mark the end of the lent season and the beginning of the Holy Week.

Led by a priest, the congregation gathered before a symbolic cross outside the church, waving palm branches, for prayer and song before proceeding to the church for the sermon and the Holy Communion. Holy Family Minor Basilica's Fr Simon Ng'ang'a urged the faithful to embrace true Christianity by accepting everyone.