Canadian PM condemns Israel’s prevention of Cardinal Pizzaballa from entering Church of Holy Sepulchre

OTTAWA, March 30 (YPA) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Israeli police’s barring of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass was a violation of the status quo of the holy sites in  Quds (Jerusalem).

In a post on X, he expressed his disappointment with Israel’s decision to prevent Pizzaballa from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, affirming that such measures violate the long-standing status quo of the holy sites in Quds.

Carney emphasized the need to ensure that followers of all faiths in Quds are able to practice their religious rituals “fully, freely, and without fear.”

@E.Y.M