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Israeli police block Catholic leaders from Palm Sunday Mass

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“Israeli police block Catholic leaders from Palm Sunday Mass”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Easter, also called Pasch () or Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the Bible's New Testamen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Sunday
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile Delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Sunday_church_bombings
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“Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 'for the first time in centuries'”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Easter, also called Pasch () or Pascha or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the Bible's New Testamen…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Sunday
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile Delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Sunday_church_bombings
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“Two of the church's top religious leaders, including Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and the head of the Custos in the Holy Land, were blocked from celebrating at the place where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Custody of the Holy Land (Latin: Custodia Terræ Sanctæ) is a custodian priory of the Order of Friars Minor in Jerusalem, founded as the Province of the Holy Land in 1217 by Saint Francis of Assisi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custody_of_the_Holy_Land
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Latin: Patriarchatus Latinus Hierosolymitanus) is the Latin Catholic ecclesiastical patriarchate in Jerusalem, officially seated in the Church of the Holy Sepulchr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Patriarchate_of_Jerusale…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pierbattista Pizzaballa (Italian: [ˌpjɛrbatˈtista pittsaˈballa]; Latin: Petrus Baptista Pizzaballa; born 21 April 1965) is an Italian member of the Franciscan Order and a Roman Catholic cardinal who …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierbattista_Pizzaballa
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“The two were proceeding privately, without any ceremonial procession, and 'were compelled to turn back'”
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“Israeli police said all holy sites in Jerusalem's Old City had been closed to worshippers since the beginning of the US-Israel war with Iran”
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“The Old City and the holy sites constitute a complex area that does not allow access for large emergency and rescue vehicles, which significantly challenges response capabilities and poses a real risk to human life in the event of a mass casualty incident”
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“The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the holiest site in the religion, has been hosting masses that aren't open to the public since the Iran war began on February 28”
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“Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem and launches the Week of Holy commemorations for Christians who follow the Latin calendar, which culminates in Easter next Sunday”
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“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office denied any 'malicious intent' behind the decision to block the Catholic leaders entry”
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“Israeli authorities were 'putting together a plan to enable church leaders to worship at the holy site in the coming days'”
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“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized the police action against Pizzaballa and Ielpo, who are both Italian nationals, calling it 'an insult not only to the faithful, but also to every community recognizing freedom of worship'”
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“Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the Israeli ambassador to Italy would be summoned on Monday to explain the police decision”
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