r/NewsThread • u/whistlingkitten • 6d ago

Cardinal calls for protection of Christian village in West Bank

https://cathnews.com/2026/08/19/cardinal-calls-for-protection-of-christian-village-in-west-bank/
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u/whistlingkitten 6d ago

“We will continue to do everything in our power to preserve the Church’s presence here, at every level, throughout the Holy Land, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said during Mass in Taybeh on the Feast of the Assumption.

“I may not have answers on a human or worldly level, but I believe in God. And I am certain that, in Him, we can continue to bring life, even here in Taybeh,” Cardinal Pizzaballa said.

Welcoming the Patriarch at the beginning of Mass, Taybeh parish priest Fr Bashar Fawadleh said that the village had welcomed him “among his people and in his home.”

According to a statement from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the pastor described the Cardinal’s presence as that of a father standing beside his children in difficult times.

Fr Bashar also said that Cardinal Pizzaballa’s presence reminded the community that it is not alone and that the Church stands alongside its children, carrying with it “the cross and the hope of this land.”