Tag: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Change of heart key to Holy Year indulgence, Latin patriarch says...
In a heartfelt message at the inauguration of the Jubilee Year in the Holy Land 29 December at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa emphasised that the indulgence granted during the Holy Year is not a transaction, but a spiritual opportunity to seek forgiveness and reflect on personal transformation.
Christmas celebratory again in Holy Land amid ongoing war
Christmas this season in the Holy Land will be celebratory despite ongoing bloodshed and war, the Holy Land's patriarchs said. And while visiting Germany, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, encouraged pilgrims to return to the birthplace of Jesus.
Cardinal urges day of prayer, penance on anniversary of 7 October
Seven October will mark a year since the brutal Hamas attack on Israeli communities and the no less brutal Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that immediately followed.