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Joint Press Release The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land* Holy City of Jerusalem Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026 This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo, OFM, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass. 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 were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This incident is a grave precedent,and disregard the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem. The Heads of the Churches have acted with full responsibility and, since the outset of the war, have complied with all imposed restrictions: public gatherings were cancelled, attendance was prohibited, and arrangements were made to broadcast the celebrations to hundreds of millions of faithful worldwide, who, during these days of Easter, turn their eyes to Jerusalem and to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Preventing the entry of the Cardinal and the Custos, who bear the highest ecclesiastical responsibility for the Catholic Church and the Holy Places, constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure. This hasty and fundamentally flawed decision, tainted by improper considerations, represents an extreme departure from basic principles of reasonableness, freedom of worship, and respect for the Status Quo. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land express their profound sorrow to the Christian faithful in the Holy Land and throughout the world that prayer on one of the most sacred days of the Christian calendar has thus been prevented.


Mis voor Palmzondag in Heilig Grafkerk in Jeruzalem kan voor het eerst in eeuwen niet doorgaan na tussenkomst Israëlische politie vrtnws.be/p.OvBQR4vmo?t=… #vrtnws

For the first time in centuries, Catholic leaders have been barred from Jerusalem's Church of Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, according to church authorities in the holy city. cnn.it/47s8ybz



Dieptriest dat Israel nu ook de kardinaal in Israel verbiedt om naar de Heilige Grafkerk te gaan deze Palmzondag. x.com/MLJHaynes/stat…






Today, for the first time in centuries, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem was prevented from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, having been stopped and turned away by Israeli Police.

JUST IN: Israeli Police prevented Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre today, as he went to say Mass. @LPJerusalem calls it a “grave precedent” which “constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure.” Full statement from @LPJerusalem below —— Joint Press Release The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land Holy City of Jerusalem Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026 This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land, the Most Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo, OFM, the official Guardian of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass. 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 were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This incident is a grave precedent,and disregard the sensibilities of billions of people around the world who, during this week, look to Jerusalem. The Heads of the Churches have acted with full responsibility and, since the outset of the war, have complied with all imposed restrictions: public gatherings were cancelled, attendance was prohibited, and arrangements were made to broadcast the celebrations to hundreds of millions of faithful worldwide, who, during these days of Easter, turn their eyes to Jerusalem and to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Preventing the entry of the Cardinal and the Custos, who bear the highest ecclesiastical responsibility for the Catholic Church and the Holy Places, constitutes a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure. This hasty and fundamentally flawed decision, tainted by improper considerations, represents an extreme departure from basic principles of reasonableness, freedom of worship, and respect for the Status Quo. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land express their profound sorrow to the Christian faithful in the Holy Land and throughout the world that prayer on one of the most sacred days of the Christian calendar has thus been prevented.


🔴🇮🇱« Un grave précédent » « Ce matin, la police israélienne a empêché Sa Béatitude le cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarche latin de Jérusalem et chef de l’Église catholique en Terre Sainte, ainsi que le Custode de Terre Sainte, le Très Révérend père Francesco Ielpo, OFM, gardien officiel de l’église du Saint-Sépulcre, d’entrer dans l’église du Saint-Sépulcre à Jérusalem, alors qu’ils se rendaient pour célébrer la messe des Rameaux. Tous deux ont été arrêtés en chemin, alors qu’ils se déplaçaient de manière privée, sans aucune forme de procession ou de cérémonie, et ont été contraints de rebrousser chemin. Ainsi, pour la première fois depuis des siècles, les chefs de l’Église ont été empêchés de célébrer la messe des Rameaux au Saint-Sépulcre. Cet incident constitue un grave précédent et témoigne d’un mépris pour la sensibilité de milliards de personnes à travers le monde qui, en cette semaine, tournent leur regard vers Jérusalem. Les chefs des Églises ont agi avec un sens aigu des responsabilités et, depuis le début de la guerre, se sont conformés à toutes les restrictions imposées : les rassemblements publics ont été annulés, la participation des fidèles interdite, et des dispositifs ont été mis en place pour diffuser les célébrations à des centaines de millions de fidèles à travers le monde, qui, durant ces jours de Pâques, se tournent vers Jérusalem et vers l’église du Saint-Sépulcre. Empêcher l’entrée du cardinal et du Custode, qui portent la plus haute responsabilité ecclésiale pour l’Église catholique et les Lieux saints, constitue une mesure manifestement déraisonnable et gravement disproportionnée. Cette décision précipitée et fondamentalement erronée, entachée de considérations inappropriées, représente une rupture extrême avec les principes fondamentaux de raisonnabilité, de liberté de culte et de respect du statu quo. Le Patriarcat latin de Jérusalem et la Custodie de Terre Sainte expriment leur profonde tristesse aux fidèles chrétiens de Terre Sainte et du monde entier, face à l’empêchement de la prière en l’un des jours les plus sacrés du calendrier chrétien. » #Rameaux #chrétiensdorient #israël #semainesainte #saintsépulcre #palmsunday #easternchristians #holyland

Another Palestinian detainee killed in Israeli prisons: the 54 years old Palestinian civilian Marwan Hirzallah who was arrested by the Israeli army in Nablus on the 8th of January this year was announced dead today in an Israeli jail.




