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Palm Sunday Goes Green With Fair-Trade Fronds

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06 Apr 2009 8 views
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Palm Sunday Goes Green With Fair-Trade Fronds
Christian churches in the U.S. are turning over a new leaf for Palm Sunday with about 2,500 congregations from every major denomination used fair-trade palm fronds to celebrate Palm Sunday, the annual observance of the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion. They say it's the Christian thing to do

Christian churches in the U.S. are turning over a new leaf for Palm Sunday.

About 2,500 congregations from every major denomination used fair-trade palm fronds to celebrate Palm Sunday, the annual observance of the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion. They say it's the Christian thing to do.

(Read the Fox News story)

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