Latin Patriarch’s access to Jerusalem holy sites restored after police stopped entry

Benjamin Netanyahu says the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem will now have “full and immediate access” to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after police had prevented him from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass there. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, had been asked not to enter out of concern for his safety as Iran had repeatedly targeted Jerusalem’s holy sites with missiles. Israel’s police say a “mutual framework” with the Latin Patriarch for Easter celebrations has been worked out.