Latin Patriarch condemns police intervention at Church of Holy Sepulchre during Holy Week

Israeli police blocked the Jerusalem patriarch from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, prompting condemnation from the Latin Patriarchate. The church described the police intervention as an unprecedented step that occurred during Holy Week, one of the most significant periods in the Christian calendar leading up to Easter. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City is Christianity's holiest site, believed to be built over the location where Jesus was crucified and buried, making access restrictions during major religious observances particularly sensitive for Christian communities worldwide.