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Problem Resolved: Cardinal Patriarch of Jerusalem Meets and Reaches Agreement with Israeli Police for Remaining Holy Week Celebrations
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (272+ words) The Police and Ecclesial Authorities have agreed that, due to the complex security situation, the remaining Holy Week and Easter ceremonies will be celebrated in a symbolic and limited manner. (ZENIT News / Jerusalem, 03. 30. 2026).- Following a productive meeting held on Monday,…...
Holy Land: Cardinal Pizzaballa Says Palm Sunday Mass Ban in Jerusalem Was a Misunderstanding
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (411+ words) The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said: "There were no confrontations, and we don't want to force things, but rather find a solution respecting the right to prayer. We will celebrate Easter discreetly." "Cardenal Pizzaballa explica lo sucedido la ma'ana del…...
Pope Meets with Israeli and Palestinian Women at the Vatican
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (315+ words) (ZENIT News / Vatican City, 03.28. 2026) " Fifteen representatives of "Mothers" Call," a movement that organizes barefoot women"s marches in thirty countries, arrived at the Vatican on March 25 to highlight their plea for a future of peace, freedom, equality, rights, and security…...
Israeli police prevent a Mass from being celebrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and bar Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering
1+ day, 19+ min ago (270+ words) The two were stopped en route, while proceeding privately and without any characteristics of a procession or ceremonial act, and were compelled to turn back. As a result, and for the first time in centuries, the Heads of the Church…...
Church authorities in the Holy Land denounce the seizure and encroachment on Christian properties by Jewish settlers
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (255+ words) Speaking from Jerusalem, William Shomali has described a marked escalation in attacks against Christian communities in the West Bank, particularly in areas historically associated with a continuous Christian population (ZENIT News / Jerusal'n, 03.24.2026).- For centuries, the Christian presence in the land…...
Jerusalem: Holy Week Behind Closed Doors. A Statement from the Catholic Patriarch
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (460+ words) Statement by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (ZENIT News / Jerusalem, 03.23.2026).- The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pier Battista Pizzaballa, outlined in a letter dated March 22 how Holy Week and Easter are expected to be observed amid the war. Below is…...
Catholic bishops in the U.S. call for “rejecting anti-Semitism and the lies and conspiracy theories that fuel it”
1+ week, 1+ day ago (471+ words) The archbishop's remarks address a distortion with deep historical roots: the notion of collective Jewish responsibility for the death of Jesus. Drawing on authoritative Church teaching, including the Catechism of the Council of Trent, he underscores that such an interpretation…...
A Phone Call in Times of War: Pope Leo XIV Answers a Call from the President of Palestine
1+ week, 6+ day ago (306+ words) According to the Holy See Press Office, the exchange was explicitly diplomatic. The Pope reiterated the Holy See's long-standing position: peace must be pursued through political negotiation and diplomacy, anchored in full respect for international law (ZENIT News / Roma, 03.17.2026).- In…...
The last historic Christian village in the Holy Land, threatened with annexation by the Jewish state of Israel
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (289+ words) The risk is not only that Christians will leave, but that one day they will be remembered as having once been there (ZENIT News / Rome, 03.16.2026).- In the hills east of Ramallah, the village of Taybeh has long stood as a…...
What is the cost of war for Israel and the Middle East?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (641+ words) According to the most recent estimates, the conflict with Hamas in Gaza alone has cost the equivalent of one-fifth of Israel's economy. And today, billions of dollars are being burned every week in attacks on Tehran. The paradox is that…...