Statement of Solidarity with the Church of Jerusalem
The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement deeply lament the escalation of war and violence now taking place in the Holy Land and in the fullness of communion with His Beatitude and Eminence Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, call for a cessation of what may become a much wider conflict with the attack on Israel by Iran and the drawing of Israel’s allies into possible armed retaliation.