The U.S. diplomat said it was 'difficult to understand or justify' where Israeli authorities barred Cardinal Patriarch Pizzaballa from worshipping at the Holy Sepulchre.
Patriarch Pizzaballs expressed his 'profound sorrow' to Christians 'that prayer on one of the most sacred days of the Christian calendar has thus been prevented.'
On the feast of the Annunciation, Catholic clerics should bear witness to the Gospel and ascend the cross of persecution, humilitation, and ostracism in defense of life.
Sant Camil Hospital in Catalonia was decided to providing care to those in need. Instead, the center affiliated with the Camillian Father oversaw the killing of a traumatized young rape victim.
The assault on Israel by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iran are an attack on the values of freedom, democracy, human rights, secular life, women, and human dignity.
Israel, like the US, has not ratified Protocol I of the Geneva Convention, But IDF Advocate General Tomer-Yerushalmi defines differently the 'civilians' who participated in the massacre of innocents.