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Holy Week got off to a rough start last Sunday, after Catholic officials said Israeli police blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
As both Pilate and Herod acknowledged, in different versions of the story, Jesus had done nothing to deserve death, under the laws of the Jews or of the Romans who occupied and ruled the Holy Land at the time.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
This approach had a lasting impact, and even centuries after the mainline Crusades to the Holy Land ended, the pope continued to invoke the concept of holy war to justify resistance against the Ottoman Empire and other Muslim entities.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
Preventing the entry of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Keeper of the Holy Land, moreover in a central solemnity for the faith such as Palm Sunday, constitutes an offense not only for believers, but for every community that recognizes religious freedom.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
As both Pilate and Herod acknowledged, in different versions of the story, Jesus had done nothing to deserve death, under the laws of the Jews or of the Romans who occupied and ruled the Holy Land at the time.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026
This approach had a lasting impact, and even centuries after the mainline Crusades to the Holy Land ended, the pope continued to invoke the concept of holy war to justify resistance against the Ottoman Empire and other Muslim entities.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
Preventing the entry of the Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Keeper of the Holy Land, moreover in a central solemnity for the faith such as Palm Sunday, constitutes an offense not only for believers, but for every community that recognizes religious freedom.
—Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
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“The Holy Land.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Holy%20Land. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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