{"id":210918,"date":"2026-03-29T20:30:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210918\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:30:14","slug":"miami-archbishop-urges-people-to-speak-up-amid-injustice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/210918\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami archbishop urges people to speak up amid injustice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS267.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski processes into the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla., after the blessing of the palms and before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026.\" alt=\"Archbishop Thomas Wenski, center, processes past the crowd towards the cathedral after the traditional blessing of the palms before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. \u201cIt is easy for us to say we would\u2019ve done something different than the crowd or Pontius Pilate, but when we are silent in the face of suffering in the world around us [we are complacent],\u201d said the Archbishop in his homily at mass.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski processes into the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla., after the blessing of the palms and before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                Alie Skowronski<\/p>\n<p>            askowronski@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n<p>Palm Sunday parishioners at the Cathedral of St. Mary heard about how the events that happened more than 2,000 years ago in Jerusalem, leading to Jesus\u2019 death, resonate with what we\u2019re seeing in the world today.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski connected the crowd calling for Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect, to set a murderer free instead of Jesus with today\u2019s climate, where people are witnessing horrific acts and not always speaking up. Pilate handed Barabbas, the convicted murderer, over to the mob, and ordered Jesus to die by crucifixion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is easy for us to say we would\u2019ve done something different from the crowd or Pontius Pilate, but when we are silent in the face of suffering in the world around us [we are complacent],\u201d preached Wenski during his homily at the Palm Sunday Mass. .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJesus died for us, but he also died because of us. Our silence in the suffering of God\u2019s sons and daughters  shows our complacency. He died to save us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Look at the photos from the Palm Sunday Mass:<\/p>\n<p>Blessing of the palms                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS222.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"760\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS222.JPG\" alt=\"People reflect during the traditional blessing of the palms outside the cathedral before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. \"\/>                                                                                    People reflect during the traditional blessing of the palms outside the Cathedral of St. Mary before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, in Miami, Fla.                                                                                             Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS236.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"1832\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS236.JPG\" alt=\"Archbishop Thomas Wenski holds palms he blessed before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. The service began with the traditional blessing of the palms outside the cathedral followed by Mass.\"\/>                                                                                    Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski holds palms he blessed before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. The service began with the traditional blessing of the palms outside the cathedral followed by Mass.                                                                                            Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                        The procession                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS255.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"814\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS255.JPG\" alt=\"Alter servers process past the crowd towards the cathedral after the traditional blessing of the palms before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.\"\/>                                                                                    Alter servers process past the crowd toward the cathedral after the traditional blessing of the palms before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.                                                                                            Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774816211_247_MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS267.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"858\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS267.JPG\" alt=\"Archbishop Thomas Wenski, center, processes past the crowd towards the cathedral after the traditional blessing of the palms before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. \u201cIt is easy for us to say we would\u2019ve done something different than the crowd or Pontius Pilate, but when we are silent in the face of suffering in the world around us [we are complacent],\u201d said the Archbishop in his homily at mass.\"\/>                                                                                    Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, center, processes past the crowd toward the cathedral after the blessing of the palms before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. \u201cIt is easy for us to say we would\u2019ve done something different from the crowd or Pontius Pilate, but when we are silent in the face of suffering in the world around us [we are complacent],\u201d said the archbishop during his homily.                                                                                            Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS285.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"912\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS285.JPG\" alt=\"The children choir processes into mass following the traditional blessing of the palms before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.\"\/>                                                                                    The children\u2019s choir processes into church following the blessing of the palms before Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.                                                                                            Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                        The Mass                                              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS059.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"926\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS059.JPG\" alt=\"Parishioners hold palms and listen to scripture during Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. The service began with the traditional blessing of the palms outside the cathedral followed by Mass.\"\/>                                                                                    Parishioners hold palms and listen to Scripture readings during Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.                                                                                             Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS137.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"774\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS137.JPG\" alt=\"Archbishop Thomas Wenski, left, and Reverend Jeremy Lully pray over the blood of Christ during Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. The service began with the traditional blessing of the palms outside the cathedral followed by Mass.\"\/>                                                                                    Archbishop Thomas Wenski, left, and Reverend Jeremy Lully pray during the Eucharist in Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.                                                                                             Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS176.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"969\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS176.JPG\" alt=\"A woman prays with palms in her hands after receiving communion during Palm Sunday mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. The service began with the traditional blessing of the palms outside the cathedral followed by Mass.\"\/>                                                                                    A woman prays with palms in her hands after receiving communion during Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.                                                                                             Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                                                                      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS337.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"834\" title=\"MIA_PalmSundayCLOAGS337.JPG\" alt=\"Bishop Pierre-Andr\u00e9 Dumas of Haiti walks down the side greeting parishioners after Palm Sunday mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla. The service began with the traditional blessing of the palms outside the cathedral followed by Mass.\"\/>                                                                                    Bishop Pierre-Andr\u00e9 Dumas of Haiti walks down the aisle greeting parishioners after Palm Sunday Mass on Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla.                                                                                             Alie Skowronski                                                                            askowronski@miamiherald.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski processes into the Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami, Fla., after the blessing of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226,96591,96433,324,74638,89440],"class_list":{"0":"post-210918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hialeah","8":"tag-hialeah","9":"tag-hialeah-headlines","10":"tag-hialeah-news","11":"tag-injustice","12":"tag-palm-sunday","13":"tag-photos","14":"tag-st-mary","15":"tag-wenski"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}