patriarch
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"The doors are still closed," the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, said in his Easter Vigil homily at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday the Latin Patriarch would get "full and immediate access" to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after police denied him entry on Palm Sunday.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Eric Schiffer, chairman of the Los Angeles-based private-equity firm The Patriarch Organization, said he does not see signs of a more long-lasting depreciation of the U.S. currency.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026
Leo is due to visit Iznik, as Nicaea is now called, on Friday together with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the most senior bishop in Eastern Orthodoxy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
In 1876, when Baby Kochamma’s father was seven years old, his father had taken him to see the Patriarch, who was visiting the Syrian Christians of Kerala.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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