THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Mason Letteau Stallings) - Israeli Police Block Latin Patriarch from Palm Sunday Mass
State of the Union: For “the first time in centuries,” the service could not be held in the Holy Sepulchre. The post Israeli Police Block Latin Patriarch from Palm Sunday Mass appeared first on The American Conservative .
On Sunday, Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which according to tradition is the site of Christ’s tomb. “[F]or the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre,” the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem declared in a statement. “This incident is a grave precedent and disregards the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem.” Israeli authorities said the patriarch was blocked owing to the ongoing war with Iran and wartime rules which prohibit religious celebrations in the Old City of…Open