--- description: After his Palm Sunday Homily, Pope Francis posed for a likely candidate for the best selfie of all time. We just wish we could see it title: Pope Takes Selfies With Crowd After Palm Sunday Homily image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0d5ba32f2d2c409/69868a6dcd804d2149cca463/5718f678b1964309b448d490e98f6d6b-0.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pope Francis](/tag/pope-francis/) ## Pope Francis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pope Francis Takes Selfies With Crowd After Palm Sunday Homily by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2014 2:21 PM CUT  Pope Francis poses for pictures at the end of a Palm Sunday service in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 13, 2014. Pope Francis poses for pictures at the end of a Palm Sunday service in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 13, 2014.Gregorio Borgia—AP by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2014 2:21 PM CUT Pope Francis proved Sunday that the selfie craze is here to stay when he [posed](http://time.com/60655/pope-poses-for-selfies-after-palm-sunday-homily/ "undefined") for them with young eager photographers after his Palm Sunday Homily. The pope spoke entirely off-the-cuff during his Palm Sunday address, ignoring his prepared homily and calling on people to look into their own hearts to see how they’re living their lives. He cited Judas and Pontius Pilate as warning examples during his homily, the Associated Press reports. After the address, Pope Francis boarded his specially-designed popemobile, and riding through a dense crowd, noticed a group of Polish youths clamoring for a selfie with the religious leader. Pope Francis, who has sought to reconnect the Church with everyday and marginalized people, hopped off his open-topped vehicle and obliged the request. Francis made waves with [his first selfie](http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20799668,00.html "undefined") last summer, and has taken several more since then. \[[AP](http://time.com/60655/pope-poses-for-selfies-after-palm-sunday-homily/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/60699/pope-francis-palm-sunday-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/60699/pope-francis-palm-sunday-selfie/"},"headline":"Pope Francis Takes Selfies With Crowd After Palm Sunday Homily","datePublished":"2014-04-13T14:21:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:16:53.305Z","description":"In his Palm Sunday Homily, the pope spoke entirely off-the-cuff, ignoring his prepared homily and calling on people to look into their own hearts to see how they're living their lives. Later, he posed for selfies with some young people","url":"https://time.com/60699/pope-francis-palm-sunday-selfie/","keywords":["Pope Francis","Pope Francis topic","The Vatican"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0d5ba32f2d2c409/69868a6dcd804d2149cca463/5718f678b1964309b448d490e98f6d6b-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0d5ba32f2d2c409/69868a6dcd804d2149cca463/5718f678b1964309b448d490e98f6d6b-0.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vatican Palm Sunday","caption":"Vatican Palm Sunday","creditText":"Gregorio Borgia—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pope-francis/","name":"Pope Francis"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/60699/pope-francis-palm-sunday-selfie/","name":"Pope Francis Takes Selfies With Crowd After Palm Sunday Homily"}}]}] ```