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Cardinal Parolin meets Israel’s ambassador, expresses regret over Holy Sepulchre incident
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Vatican City, Holy See. The Vatican announced on Monday that it had expressed its “weight” to the Israeli ambassador, after the Israeli police prohibited access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See, and Monsignor Paul R. Gallagher, “Minister” of Foreign Affairs, “meeting with Yaron Sideman, Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Holy …
The Holy See held a meeting this Holy Monday, March 30, 2026, with the Ambassador of the State of Israel, Yaron Sideman, following the "unpleasant episode" that took place on Palm Sunday. During that day, the Israeli police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, from entering the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and Father Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land. The meeting was attended by…
On Monday, March 31, the Vatican expressed its "remove" to the ambassador of Israel after the police denied access on Palm Sunday to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pizzaballa. To justify the incident, Benyamin Netanyahu spoke of security reasons.
The Vatican expressed to the Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See, Yaron Sideman, his “weight” for the “unfortunate” prohibition of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from celebrating the Mass of Palm Sunday in the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The communication, as confirmed this Monday by the Vatican in a statement, was transmitted to the Ambassador by [...] The entry The Vatican expresses its regret to Israel for the “unfortunate” veto to Cardin…
The Vatican today showed to the ambassador of Israel in the Holy See its "anoma" by the "unhappy incident" of the ban imposed on Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa to celebrate the Mass of Ramos Sunday in the Church of Saint Sepulcro, in Jerusalem.
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