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Church in the Middle East

Pizzaballa: A cardinal in the eye of the storm

Will his striking offer to be exchanged for Gaza hostages make any difference?

Luke Coppen
Oct 17, 2023
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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa only received the red hat a couple of weeks ago. But he has already become arguably one of the world’s most prominent cardinals.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, pictured at the Vatican on Oct. 2, 2023, the day of the consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals. © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.

His global visibility increased significantly Monday when he made one of the more striking proposals by a member of the College of Cardinals in recent memory.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, wh…

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