Israeli police said they had notified the church that no mass could be held on Palm Sunday due to safety concerns. Authorities have banned large gatherings since the Iran war began. Grouped from 8 articles across 7 sources.
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Israeli police said they had notified the church that no mass could be held on Palm Sunday due to safety concerns. Authorities have banned large gatherings since the Iran war began.
The pope has said God rejects the prayers of those who wage war and have "hands full of blood." Leo has also prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass.
Pope Leo XIV says God never justifies war and Jesus rejects violence
Leaders on all sides of the Iran war have used religion to justify their actions
Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa and the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Ielpo, were prevented by Israeli police from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.It was the "first time in centuries" the Heads of Church were prevented from attending.
World leaders have voiced concern after Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday
Since the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, Israel has closed holy sites in Jerusalem, citing safety concerns.
The head of the Catholic Church did not name names, but he has been criticising the war in Iran.
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