It is objectively an intolerable situation. We have always had many problems of all kinds, and the economic and financial situation has always been v… - Pierbattista Pizzaballa

A bishop cannot lead his flock without the collaboration of his priests, the religious and the faithful. He would not be a good shepherd. Today you are all with me, though not as numerous as we wished. But I know from different parts of the diocese and the world, many faithful and pilgrims of our and other diocese, are close to us in prayer, and it is in this spirit that we find ourselves as Church – the Mother Church of Jerusalem.

È oggettivamente una situazione intollerabile. Abbiamo sempre avuto tantissimi problemi di ogni tipo, anche la situazione economico-finanziaria è sempre stata molto fragile ma la fame non c’è mai stata. È la prima volta che dobbiamo fare i conti con la fame. Questo è intollerabile.

Cardinal Pizzaballa: The truce must hold, and everything must be done to ensure that it does. There are those who are working against it, we know that, but we must try not to give them any space. The agreement is the same as it was months ago. I believe it has been reached now because perhaps the human and international political conditions have matured. The important thing now, however, is to turn the page immediately and start dealing with the extremely serious humanitarian situation in Gaza.