Commenting on Benjamin Netanyahu's statement where he claimed that "Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan,” Pizzaballa Cardinal Pizzaballa says "For us, victory is in the Cross, and that is what we want to affirm. The Cross is not just suffering and death, it is someone who gives His life out of love."
This is how the streets of Jerusalem looked during this year’s Palm Sunday procession! Silent, empty of olive and palm branches and the faithful’s cheers
Cardinal Pizzaballa on Palm Sunday: “In this afternoon of Palm Sunday we gather without a procession, without palms waving through the streets. This absence is not merely a matter of formalities. It is the war that has interrupted our festive journey, making even the simple joy of following our King difficult.” “Today Jesus weeps once more over Jerusalem. He weeps over this city, which remains a sign of both hope and sorrow, of grace and suffering. He weeps over this Holy Land, still unable to recognize the gift of peace. He weeps for all the victims of a war that seems without end: for divided families, for shattered hopes. But the tears of Jesus are never fruitless. They open our eyes, challenge us, and reveal the truth.”
Nach heftiger Kritik Kardinal erhält doch Zugang zu Grabeskirche Eine Zugangssperre für Kardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa zur Grabeskirche in der Jerusalemer Altstadt hat am Sonntag für Aufsehen gesorgt. Der höchste Vertreter der katholischen Kirche im Heiligen Land wollte dort die Palmsonntag-Messe feiern, wurde jedoch von der israelischen Polizei angehalten und zur Umkehr aufgefordert. Dieser Vorfall sorgte für heftige Kritik. Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu ruderte nun zurück und ordnete an, dass Pizzaballa „sofortigen“ Zugang zur Kirche erhalten solle. Online seit heute, 7.21 Uhr Netanjahu führte Sicherheitsbedenken als Grund für die ursprüngliche Maßnahme an: „In den vergangenen Tagen hat der Iran wiederholt die heiligen Stätten aller drei monotheistischen Religionen in Jerusalem mit Marschflugkörpern ins Visier genommen. Bei einem Angriff schlugen Raketensplitter wenige Meter von der Grabeskirche entfernt ein.“ Zum Schutz der Gläubigen habe Israel Menschen aller …More
Jerusalem: Kardinal an Zutritt zu Grabeskirche gehindert Der höchste Vertreter der katholischen Kirche im Heiligen Land, Kardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ist von der israelischen Polizei am Zugang zur Grabeskirche in der Altstadt von Jerusalem gehindert worden. Der Italiener Pizzaballa habe in der Kirche die traditionelle Messe zum Palmsonntag feiern wollen, sei aber von israelischen Polizisten angehalten und zur Umkehr aufgefordert worden, teilte das Lateinische Patriarchat von Jerusalem heute mit. Reuters/Ammar Awad Mit ihm sei zudem der Kustos im Heiligen Land, Francesco Ielpo, gewesen. Der Franziskaner ist der oberste Wächter der Heiligen Stätten, einschließlich der Grabeskirche. Das Lateinische Patriarchat von Jerusalem bezeichnete den Vorfall als „schwerwiegenden Präzedenzfall“.
Da es ihm heute Morgen nicht möglich war, die Palmsonntagsmesse in der Grabeskirche zu feiern, zelebrierte Kardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa den Palmsonntag auf dem Ölberg mit Blick auf Jerusalem.
Il cardinale Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarca latino di Gerusalemme, ha benedetto la città con le reliquie della Santa Croce provenienti dal Monte degli Ulivi la mattina della Domenica delle Palme, dopo che la polizia israeliana gli aveva impedito di entrare nella Basilica del Santo Sepolcro per celebrare la Messa.
Zwei Zivilisten, George Said und sein Sohn Eli, sollen am 12. März bei einem israelischen Angriff auf eine Nebenstraße in der Stadt Dibl im Südlibanon getötet worden sein. Berichten in den sozialen Medien zufolge war die Familie 2004 aus Afrika in den Libanon zurückgekehrt, um sich dort niederzulassen und in ihre Heimat zu investieren. Ihr Tod ereignete sich vor dem Hintergrund anhaltender Angriffe und eskalierender Gewalt im Süden.
Two more Lebanese Christians killed in an air strike, by the Israelis, in the South: George Said and his son Eli died while Israel targeted a side road in the town of Dibl in southern Lebanon. The family had returned to Lebanon from Africa in 2004, hoping to settle and invest in their homeland.
Two more Lebanese Christians killed in an air strike, by the Israelis, in the South: George Said and his son Eli died while Israel targeted a side road in the town of Dibl in southern Lebanon. The family had returned to Lebanon from Africa in 2004, hoping to settle and invest in their homeland.
Zwei Zivilisten, George Said und sein Sohn Eli, sollen am 12. März bei einem israelischen Angriff auf eine Nebenstraße in der Stadt Dibl im Südlibanon getötet worden sein. Berichten in den sozialen Medien zufolge war die Familie 2004 aus Afrika in den Libanon zurückgekehrt, um sich dort niederzulassen und in ihre Heimat zu investieren. Ihr Tod ereignete sich vor dem Hintergrund anhaltender Angriffe und eskalierender Gewalt im Süden.
The document 'Traditionis Custodes' was allegedly rooted in concerns about how the Latin Mass was being used within the Church, Cardinal Arthur Roche told OsvNews.com on 27 March. He is the Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and responsible for the destructive document. He claimed that earlier "permissions" of the Mass by John Paul II and Benedict XVI were a "pastoral accommodation", but that with Francis, "the situation had shifted": "What the Holy Father began to realise is that the concession granted to those who found the new rite difficult was being used to oppose the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council," the Cardinal claimed. This promotion is allegedly "against the unity of the Church". Novus Ordo Should Become Equally Attractive than Roman rite Cardinal Roche asks himself: "Why is there such intense debate? Why all this noise, the battering of drums and the blowing of trumpets? What else is going on when they have been given permission to celebrate this Mass …More
Pillar Attacks Celibacy: "The Church, in my view, would benefit from serious conversation about [...] the possibilities for ordaining married men to the priesthood. It would benefit from real synodal discernment about whether celibate and married priests could — or should — thrive alongside each other in the Latin Church."
Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa sermon on the Solemnity of the Annunciation today in Nazareth is interrupted by the noise of air raid sirens, warming civilians of imminent aerial attacks causing them in the Holy Land.
For stating the Church’s teaching on homosexuality on a radio show in March, a priest in Iceland finds himself under attack by a gay rights group that is citing the nation’s law banning any attempt to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation.
French born Rev Jakob Rolland, chancellor of the Diocese of Reykjavik, Iceland, told the state television Ruv.is the Church's teaching on homosexual acts. On March 5, police announced it examines the remarks and assess whether there is reason to begin an investigation. Like most priests in nominally Lutheran Iceland, Rev Rolland is a missionary. He has lived in Iceland for decades and has even changed his first name to make it more Icelandic — "no one here could say 'Jacques'". The collapsed Protestantism has arguably been replaced by the state religion of "LGBT+ advocacy". In the interview, Rev. Rolland responded affirmatively when asked if the Church hopes homosexuals will change over time, adding that it provides them with support: “That is what is very much lacking in modern society. Someone who wants to leave such a lifestyle receives no assistance.” Homosexuals who seek help from a priest of the Catholic Church “cannot find” psychologists or social workers to help them. Rev. …More
Kustód Svätej zeme poprel fámy, že Chrám Božieho hrobu je úplne uzavretý. Bratia františkáni pokračovali v každodennom slávení liturgických obradov v bazilike napriek obmedzenému prístupu pre veriacich a návštevníkov. Neistota však pretrváva v súvislosti s oslavami Veľkého týždňa a Veľkej noci, pričom rozhodnutia čakajú na prebiehajúce rozhovory s úradmi.
A statue of Jesus Christ has been raised today in the Lebanese town of Qaa, on the border with Syria, standing at 26 meters tall and marking the highest of its kind in the Middle East.
Saint Paul taught in Romans 1 that sodomites are idolaters. According to this apostate sect, automatic excommunications have been abolished—even though we know that a heretic or apostate is automatically excommunicated the moment they commit an offense against God or the Catholic faith. They are deluded in believing that these murderers of souls were exempt from obeying the Law of God without facing any eternal consequences. Yet the Devil, in addition to possessing their bodies, has blinded their understanding.
Wenn man am Festtag des Heiligen Josef in Rom ist … hat man die Gelegenheit, Reliquien des Heiligen Josef (seinen Mantel) und Marias Schleier zu sehen. Sie werden nur zweimal im Jahr ausgestellt: heute in San Giuseppe in Trionfale und am 1. Mai, dem Festtag des Heiligen Josef des Arbeiters, in Sant’Anastasia.
Christians in the Holy Land “have never faced anything like this” With yet another blow to regional stability, many Christians in the Holy Land believe it is time to leave.
It should be obvious that Trump hates Christians. All the US wars have severely impacted the Catholic communities in the Middle East. Can we not agree this is Bolshevik behavior! Not to mention all the benefits the Soviet Union is getting out of it!