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Jerusalem Patriarch: personal encounter, not ‘virtual Masses,” essential
March 26, 2021
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzabella, the Latin-rite Patriarch of Jerusalem, said that “it is not the virtual Masses that will save us,” during his homily for the feast of the Annunciation. He said that a “personal encounter” with Jesus Christ is essential to salvation. Reflecting on the costs of the Covid epidemic, he said: “Fear has made us think that the world is a hostile and dangerous place.”
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