The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is on a pastoral visit to the Parish of the Holy Family and will preside over the Christmas Mass on Sunday.<\/p>\n
By Pierfrancesco Loreto<\/b><\/p>\n
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, is visiting the Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza ahead of Christmas.<\/p>\n
His presence expresses his desire to accompany the faithful in hope, solidarity, and prayer.<\/p>\n
This Christmas, just like it happened last year, the parishioners will receive support and solidarity from Cardinal Pizzaballa.<\/p>\n
The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem arrived in Gaza for Christmas celebrations, accompanied by his vicar, Monsignor William Shomali, and a small delegation.<\/p>\n
Pizzaballa is on a pastoral visit to the Parish of the Holy Family, as reported in a press release from the patriarchate.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, His Beatitude will preside over the Christmas Mass at the parish.<\/p>\n
These days, the Cardinal \u201cwill review the current situation of the parish, humanitarian interventions, relief efforts, and prospects for the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n
He is scheduled to meet with local clergy and parishioners to gather information on the community’s needs and the initiatives underway to support the parish.<\/p>\n
This visit, as the Patriarchate explained, \u201cmarks the beginning of the Christmas celebrations in a community that has been battling through adversity. It also reaffirms the strong bond between the Holy Family parish in Gaza and the larger diocese of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is on a pastoral visit to the Parish of the Holy Family and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[35745,12,1814,198501,7610,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-647439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-palestine","11":"tag-pierbattista-pizzaballa","12":"tag-solidarity","13":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115760863907041920","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}