Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Indeed.

So the patriarchs, that means the heads of the Apostolic Churches in Jerusalem, starting with the Catholic Church, they issued a statement dated January 17th, in which they stressed that only the Christian churches represent Christians in the Holy Land, and the group consists of Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant bishops in Jerusalem, including the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.

So recent activities that have been undertaken by local individuals who are advancing damaging ideologies such as Christian Zionism are misleading the public.

They're sowing confusion, and they're harming the unity of the flock.

This is what the, the patriarchs of the Christian churches are saying in Jerusalem.

The statement also reads, they state, they state that, "These undertakings have found favor among certain political actors of Israel and beyond, who seek to push a political agenda which may harm the Christian presence in the Holy Land and the wider Middle East." We know that sacred scripture teaches us that we, in Romans 12:5, "We, though many, are one body in Christ and individually members one of another," close quote.

So the Christian patriarchs, starting with the Catholic patriarch in Jerusalem, they also stated, quote, "To claim authority outside the communion of the church is to wound the unity of the faithful and burden the pastoral mission entrusted to the historic churches in the very land where our Lord lived, taught, suffered, and rose from the dead." So the, the patriarchs and the heads of the churches in Jerusalem, they further note that, uh, they're concerned that some individuals have been welcomed at official levels both locally and, and internationally, and, and they're Zionists, and they're promoting Zionism.

Such actions constitute interference in the inter- in the internal life of the churches and disregard the pastoral responsibility vested in the patriarchs and heads of the churches in Jerusalem.

In questa puntata parleremo dell'incontro con l'altro, dell'accoglienza e del coraggio di non trasformare ogni differenza in un conflitto.

Ci sarà anche la voce del cardinale Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarca latino di Gerusalemme.

Ciao e bentornati in questo podcast.

Oggi parliamo di una cosa bellissima ma anche difficilissima che facciamo continuamente.

That was Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, speaking about mental health in Ukraine.

Three years after the October 7 attacks, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, describes a Holy Land gripped by mistrust in an interview with Vatican Radio.

Speaking to Guglielmo Gallone, he talks about the situation in Israel and the West Bank and his desire to visit Gaza again.

But the general situation of the, of the country or the land is, uh, of continuous deterioration, um, with a different dynamics, of course.

Are you planning to go back to Gaza? Of course.

Uh, um, from time to time, I, I want to go there to visit the community, uh, to meet the priests, to help and support them.

That was the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Colonel Pierbattista Pizzaballa, speaking about the situation in the Holy Land.

One year after the Gaza ceasefire agreement was reached, more than 100 humanitarian, human rights, and other civil society organizations say the ceasefire exists only in name, denouncing that Israeli forces contin- continue to kill and injure Palestinians daily, and there are restrictions on aid, equipment, and rebuilding materials.

"Today, I lost the most precious person in my life.

There are no words to describe my feelings." Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and with a sick-ass name, who has visited Gaza multiple times since the start of Israel's genocidal war, said in a statement that he was offering his deepest condolences to the families of the deceased and to the Christian community in Gaza, praying the Lord may ga- grant them comfort, strength, and consolation in their loss.

Fuad, who was staying with his father at a separate location at the time of strike, also told MEE, "The Israeli occupation does not distinguish between Christians and Muslims.

We are all at risk of being killed in Gaza.

Yeah.

So is that what Catholics feel? Uh, like, just because Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa says that and his group, Vatican News-

Say it like Pizzaballa

Well, I'm ...

So if you didn't watch that episode, go back and do that.

Uh, let's see how the Muslims and the Catholics might work together.

What else do we need to know about Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa?

[laughs] Well, there's so much to understand in this, Vince, and this is what people need to, to really concentrate on, because when you see stories like this, unless you're in prophecy, this may be nothing to you.