From Liberation to Loss: The Early Crusades to the Holy Land - Medievalists.net
The Crusades to the Holy Land were 'wars of liberation' launched to restore Jerusalem to Christian rule, evolving into a struggle for holy sites against Muslim forces.
These cardinals work in conflict zones. One could be the next pope.
"The cardinalate's red color has taken on a profound significance marked by much sorrow, by many hardships," Pizzaballa told the Catholic News Agency shortly after the war broke out.