Catholic Leaders Barred From Jerusalem Holy Site on Palm Sunday

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Israel blocks Cardinal from Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, sparking outcry Catholic Church, world leaders condemn Israeli police for stopping cardinal from Jerusalem's Church of Holy Sepulchre The Catholic Church and European leaders are criticizing Israeli police after they prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a Palm Sunday Mass. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a statement that Pizzaballa and Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo were prevented from entering the church "as they made their way to celebrate" the Mass.