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With the blessing and leadership of various popes, the nobles of Europe raised armies, crossed various countries or sailed to the Middle East to fight and save the Holy Land (Palestine) from Muslim domination, something that echoes down the centuries to today. —
Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 Holy Week got off to a rough start last Sunday, after Catholic officials said Israeli police blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 As both Pilate and Herod acknowledged, in different versions of the story, Jesus had done nothing to deserve death, under the laws of the Jews or of the Romans who occupied and ruled the Holy Land at the time. —The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026 This approach had a lasting impact, and even centuries after the mainline Crusades to the Holy Land ended, the pope continued to invoke the concept of holy war to justify resistance against the Ottoman Empire and other Muslim entities. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Holy Land
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 Holy Week got off to a rough start last Sunday, after Catholic officials said Israeli police blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026 As both Pilate and Herod acknowledged, in different versions of the story, Jesus had done nothing to deserve death, under the laws of the Jews or of the Romans who occupied and ruled the Holy Land at the time. —The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 5 Apr. 2026 This approach had a lasting impact, and even centuries after the mainline Crusades to the Holy Land ended, the pope continued to invoke the concept of holy war to justify resistance against the Ottoman Empire and other Muslim entities. —Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Holy Land
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