Cardinal Pizzaballa on Maundy Thursday: ‘We are here to celebrate life'

Apr 3, 2026 - 12:08
Cardinal Pizzaballa on Maundy Thursday: ‘We are here to celebrate life'

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, presides over the In Coena Domini Mass behind closed doors in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. He says that at a time marked by tensions that cannot be ignored, “we are here as within a womb of peace, while around us the world is torn apart, and we wish we could change all of this.”

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