The cheery thumbs-up can also mean “f**k you”. A raised palm, in Greece, is considered a deep insult. Adam Jacot de Boinod has more, in this week’s Capital Letters.

Thousands of Filipino Catholics attending church on Palm Sunday marked the beginning of Holy Week with prayers for the health of Pope Francis as they presented palm fronds to be blessed.

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines has officially declared that churchgoers may choose their preferred gesture while reciting or singing the "Our Father" prayer during Mass.

The cheery thumbs-up can mean “f**k you”. A raised palm, in Greece, is considered a deep insult. Adam Jacot de Boinod has more, in this week’s Capital Letters.