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“Reality is not made up only of evil. In this reality, amidst the rubble, there is still the presence of God. There are mothers who hope, fathers who work, children who play, and elderly people who pray. There are Christians who choose to stay, to love, to forgive. That is where we meet God.
That is our mission: to be those who, in the darkness of war, can see the shoots of God’s presence. To be peacemakers not with abstract declarations, but with the daily concreteness of those who, like Mary, accept to carry the world in their wombs – with all its contradictions, pains, and beauties – and to suffer it, to transform it from within by the power of love alone.
Today, though few in number, on behalf of our whole Church and Christians all over the world, we also want to renew our ‘yes’ to Christ, our decision to be with Him and to follow in His steps.”
H.B. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
Excerpt from the homily for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord,
March 25, 2026