2026-03-31
1 小时 20 分钟Bishop Strickland, thank you so much for doing this.
What do you make of the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher by Israeli authorities on Palm Sunday?
Well, really, Tucker, probably some things have developed even since the last thing I saw,
but it looked like they were deciding to open it after all or whatever.
To me, really, Tucker, this comes down to a consequence of.
The evil that we see, that we're witnessing, and I think we need to pay attention to it in that context.
As we already discussed, the large-scale destruction of civilian life is never morally justifiable by any nation,
by any entity, for any reason.
It's just not.
And to me, the closure of the Holy Sepulcher, the holy side for us, there 's so many in the Holy Land,
but the closure of that and not allowing the procession of Palm Sunday is a tragic consequence of just how far off the mark
really the world is at this point in so many ways.
And what's going on there, we must speak calmly, lovingly, clearly.
That no, we can't allow this.
And the closure to me is just one of many tragic consequences where this has to be addressed.
And we 've got to keep going back to that principle that the large scale destruction
of civilian life can never be morally justified.
Amen.
And I'm glad to hear at least one religious leader in the United States say that so clearly.
I think that any believing Christian would agree with that as a foundational part of the faith.