Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has addressed Christians in the Holy Land with a heartfelt message in view of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated on August 15.
In his message, the Patriarch expresses his dismay over the “terrible war” that has caused immense suffering.
He laments that, despite months of war, the present situation is still filled with so much hatred, resentment, and violence, making it increasingly difficult to find solutions to the conflict raging in the Middle East.
Patriarch Pizzaballa writes that it has become “increasingly difficult to envision a conclusion to this conflict, whose impact on the lives of our people is greater and more painful than ever before.”
He notes that it is “increasingly difficult to find people and institutions with whom a dialogue about the future and peaceful relations” can take place in the current situation, marked by “so much violence and, admittedly, anger.”
