Latin patriarch of Jerusalem visits Gaza City, delivers ‘message of solidarity’ — Church

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, leads the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity compound, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)
File: Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, leads the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity compound, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)

The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem visited Gaza City today, his church says, where he delivered a “message of hope, solidarity and support” to people in the war-torn territory.

“His Beatitude, Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, entered Gaza and reached the parish of the Holy Family for a pastoral visit,” the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says in a statement, adding that he presided over a mass.

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