EU denounces restrictions on access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Israel

The head of the European Union's diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, denounced a "violation of religious freedom" after the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem was prevented by Israeli police from celebrating the Catholic Palm Sunday mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, according to AFP. Kaja Kallas strongly criticized the decision of the Israeli authorities: "The decision of the Israeli police to prohibit the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Catholic Palm Sunday