Italy Demands Explanation from Israel after Cardinal Denied Church Access

(MENAFN) Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced on Sunday that the Israeli ambassador will be called to the Foreign Ministry following the refusal of entry to Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa at a church in Jerusalem, which prevented him from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass.

“I have instructed that the Israeli ambassador be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow to provide clarification on the decision to prevent Cardinal Pizzaballa from celebrating Palm Sunday,” Tajani wrote on US-based social media platform X.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, was barred from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, stopping him from performing the Palm Sunday Mass.

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