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Under a... Email Print Related News Clinton pledges Japan support, TEPCO pledges shutdown Sun, Apr 17 2011 Belgium urges stiff punishment for sex abuse bishop Fri, Apr 15 2011 Women march in Syria to demand jailed men be freed Wed, Apr 13 2011 108 mins that stunned the world: Russia honors Gagarin Tue, Apr 12 2011 First shots mark 150 years since start of Civil War Tue, Apr 12 2011 Analysis & Opinion And the second-best museum is… Vatican warns China bishops over illegal ordination Related Topics World » Technology » 1 / 3 Pope Benedict XVI holds a palm as he arrives to lead the Palm Sunday mass at the Vatican April 17, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Stefano Rellandini By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY | Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:25am EDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict led Roman Catholics into Holy Week celebrations, telling a Palm Sunday crowd that man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God. Under a splendid Roman sun, the German pope presided at a colorful celebration where tens of thousands of people waved palm and olive branches to commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem the week before he was crucified. The pope, who turned 84 on Saturday, wove his sermon around the theme of man's relationship with God and how it can sometimes be threatened by technology. "From the beginning men and women have been filled -- and this is as true today as ever -- with a desire to 'be like God', to attain the heights of God by their own powers," he said, wearing resplendent red and gold vestments. "Mankind has managed to accomplish so many things: we can fly! We can see, hear and speak to one another from the farthest ends of the earth. And yet the force of gravity which draws us down is powerful," he said. While the great advances of technology have improved life for man, the pope said, they have also increased possibilities for evil, and recent natural disasters were a reminder, if any were needed, that mankind is not all-powerful. If man wanted a relationship with God he had to first "abandon the pride of wanting to become God," said the pope, celebrating his sixth Easter season as the leader of the world's some 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. After the mass, the pope appealed for peace in Colombia, calling for wide participation in a day of prayer for the victims of violence to be held there on Friday. "Enough of violence in Colombia. May she live in peace," he said. START OF HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday, a moveable feast that is marked on the Sunday before Easter, is celebrated throughout the Christian world to commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, a symbol of peace in the ancient world. At the ceremony a cantor recounted all the events in Jesus' life between Palm Sunday and Easter. Via Della Conciliazione, the broad boulevard leading to the Vatican, was bedecked with olive trees and bronze statues depicting the "stations of the cross," or the last events in Jesus' life. For the pope and Christians around the world, it marks the start of a hectic week of events leading to Easter Sunday. On Holy Thursday, Benedict will preside at two traditional services in the Vatican, including one in which he will wash and kiss the feet of twelve men in a gesture of humility toward his apostles the night before he died. On Good Friday he will preside at services in the Vatican and then lead a traditional torch-lit Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, around the ruins of Rome's ancient Colosseum. Holy Week services at the Vatican culminate on Easter Sunday, the most important day in the liturgical calendar, when the pope delivers his twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) blessing and message. (Editing by Jeffrey Heller) World Technology Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (23) leggett wrote: does this mean that the pope wont be converting catholic churches into Intrnet cafes in the near future? Apr 17, 2011 6:27am EDT -- Report as abuse cranston wrote: entry on the donkey was foretold for the Savior in the Old Testament : “Zechariah 9:9 (NIV) Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Happy Easter. Apr 17, 2011 7:45am EDT -- Report as abuse SeattleReason wrote: As a former Catholic, I find it funny to no end that the media can run an article about this man as a religious leader, and completely ignore the fact that he led an international conspiracy to cover up THOUSANDS of cases of child rape, and to shield the rapist-priests from prosecution. Then Cardinal Ratzinger himself authored a document as head of the Inquisition, going by it’s modern title of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, that instructed Bishops faced with a case of child rape to threaten the victim and their family with excommunication if they spoke of the rape to anyone outside of the church, including police and the courts. Raping a child is bad enough, but when an organization covers it up, and then claims to have any moral authority, how can any sane adult not be offended? 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