“In this dramatic time, our Church is called with renewed energy to witness her faith in the passion and resurrection of Jesus. Our decision to remain, when everything urges us to leave, is not a challenge but an act of love. Our denouncing is not an offense to any party but a call to dare a different path from the reckoning. Our dying took place under the cross, not on a battlefield.” – †Pierbattista Card. Pizzaballa
On October 4, 2025, His Eminence Cardinal Pizzaballa issued a heartfelt pastoral letter to the Diocese of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem considering the end of the violence, the Church’s role through the struggle, and Pope Leo XIV’s call for a day of fasting and prayer for peace on Saturday, October 11.
We invite you to read the letter in its entirety, and take it’s lessons and actions to your personal prayer.
