The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, April 1, 1996                  TAG: 9604010149
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

PALM SUNDAY AT HOME AND ABROAD

ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photos]

THE VATICAN

Associated Press

Pope John Paul II called for the release of seven French monks

kidnapped in Algeria.

HAMPTON ROADS

RICHARD L. DUNSTON

The Virginian-Pilot

Several Norfolk churches held Palm Sunday services in Stockley

Gardens. Here, Mallory Baker, 6, holds a palm frond.

OKLAHOMA CITY

Associated Press

Hundreds of people, their churches damaged in last year's bombing,

gathered at a makeshift chapel at the site. ``Evil will not triumph

over good,'' a pastor vowed.

by CNB