After being denied entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by Israeli police earlier today, in powerful moment, Cardinal Pizzaballa blessed the city of Jerusalem with a relic of the Holy Cross; the brief service took place at the foot of the Mount of Olives.
The Israeli government tried to stop Cardinal Pizzaballa from commemorating the ONE & ONLY True Messiah’s entry into Jerusalem.
He decided to take it to Mount of Olives. Incredibly, this is the very spot Jesus wept over Jerusalem. The symbolism here is 🔥
This giant floral mosaic—made from tens of thousands of flowers—is created every year on Dec. 11 in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, just hours before millions of pilgrims arrive for her feast.
¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe! ❤️
BREAKING
Cardinal Pizzaballa has confirmed that at least THREE PEOPLE have now DIED after Israel's attack on Holy Family Catholic Church, NINE are WOUNDED
Pizzaballa said 'This horrific war must come to a complete end'
Syrian Christian woman at the church bombing site: "If they tell me to take my kids and flee to Europe, I won’t. I raised them here, and here I will die. I will never abandon my land, my faith, or my Christianity. Our religion is peace. We don’t know violence or hatred….”
Delivered at the National Mass yesterday, a Papal Message and blessing to our servers from the late Pope Francis via the Apostolic Nuncio.
PAPAL MESSAGE FOR THE ARCHCONFRATERNITY OF ST STEPHEN'S JUBILEE YEAR NATIONAL MASS
His Holiness Pope Francis, informed of the Jubilee Year Mass to take place on Saturday 17" May 2025 with members of the Archconfraternity of St Stephen at Lancaster Cathedral, has asked me to convey his greetings of good wishes to all gathered for this occasion.
For this Jubilee Year, he has reflected on the fact that "In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to come, despite our not knowing what the future may bring... Often we come across people who are discouraged, pessimistic and cynical about the future, as if nothing could possibly bring them happiness. For all of us, may the Jubilee be an opportunity to be renewed in hope."
(Pope Francis, Spes non Confundit (Bull of Indiction of the Ordinary Jubilee Year 2025), 9 May 2024)
The Holy Father cordially imparts his Apostolic Blessing to all members of the Archconfraternity of St Stephen and, through the intercession of the Mother of God, invokes an abundance of Divine graces.
9th April 2025
Pope Leo XIV prays at the shrine holding the relics of St Peter, inside the Vatican, before Mass
His opening Mass is attended by thousands of priests, along with hundreds of bishops and the college of Cardinals
The Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, expresses the Order's greetings to the new Pope. Read the full text here 👇
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