The Israeli prime minister has instructed authorities to allow Pierbattista Pizzaballa to hold services “as he wishes.'
has granted Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa “full and immediate access” to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, hours after he was blocked by Israeli police from accessing the holy site for Palm Sunday services.
en route to the church were stopped en route to the church after Israeli police told them to turn back. Netanyahu said on X that Iran has “repeatedly targeted the holy sites” of all three monotheistic religions in Jerusalem with ballistic missiles, the three religions being Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Pakistan to host US-Iran peace talks as Tehran vows to set invading troops 'on fire' “To protect worshippers, Israel asked members of all faiths to temporarily abstain from worshipping at the Christian, Muslim and Jewish holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City,” Netanyahu said on Sunday. “Today, out of special concern for his safety, Cardinal Pizzaballa was asked to refrain from holding mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.” I have instructed the relevant authorities that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, be granted full and immediate access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.Netanyahu added that while he understood the safety concerns, he instructed authorities to allow Pizzaballa to hold services “as he wishes” after initially being told to turn back.He said on X that churches, synagogues, and mosques throughout Jerusalem have met the safety restrictions of not hosting gatherings of more than 50 people. I am disappointed with the decision by the Israeli police to prevent the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Christian Communities of the Holy Land from marking Palm Sunday at the Holy Sepulchre. This is a painful Palm Sunday. The authorities in Jerusalem have prevented the Latin Patriarch from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is unacceptable for us as Christians, even taking into account the wartime situation and general security measures. We must not…, as well as other leaders, disapproving of the move. The latter leader, an ally of President Donald Trump, called it “unacceptable” for Christians and said war cannot “exclude followers of any religion from our shared holy city, Jerusalem.”
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