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Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Israel-Gaza conflict: Patriarch Pizzaballa asks Catholics to pray for peace and justice

CNA Staff, May 18, 2021 / 04:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa has urged Catholics worldwide to pray for “peace and justice” as violence racks the Holy Land. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issued the appeal for prayers May 18 as the death toll mounts in the Israel-Gaza conflict. …
Easter celebrations return to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

CNA Staff, Mar 31, 2021 / 10:20 pm MT (CNA).- Christians will celebrate Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre this year after the storied church remained closed last Easter due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, presided over Palm Sunday Mass on March …
Pope Francis bestows pallium on new Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

by Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Oct 28, 2020 / 09:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis on Wednesday bestowed the pallium on the newly appointed Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. The pope gave the pallium to Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa Oct. 28 during morning Mass in the chapel of the Vatican’s Santa Marta …