Breaking News: Israel Shuts Down Christ’s Resurrection Site. Bishop Strickland & Tucker Respond.
3/30/20261 hr 18 min
Bishop Joseph Strickland on Israel closing the holiest church in Christendom and the “holocaust of our time” in Gaza. (00:00) Israel's Forced Closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (15:25) What Is a Justified War (41:49) Why Bishop Strickland Defended Carrie Prejean Boller (50:28) The Response to Bishop Strickland's Statement Most Reverend Joseph E. Strickland is a Catholic bishop known for his unwavering fidelity to Jesus Christ, his defense of the Deposit of Faith, and his courageous witness to the truth in an age of confusion. Ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Dallas in 1985, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, a role he served until 2023. A lifelong shepherd devoted to the Holy Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bishop Strickland has consistently proclaimed the Church’s teachings on the sanctity of life, moral truth, and Eucharistic reverence. In 2025, he founded Pillars of Faith, an apostolate dedicated to strengthening Catholics in fidelity to Christ and His Church. Today, Bishop Strickland continues his apostolic mission nationally and internationally through preaching, teaching, writing, and media outreach. Paid partnerships with: Hallow prayer app: Get 3 months free at https://Hallow.com/Tucker Dose: Daily supplements for the systems that support you. Use code TUCKER for 35% at https://dosedaily.co/tucker Brooklyn Bedding: Get 30% off sitewide with promo code TUCKER at https://brooklynbedding.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsTucker Carlson· Host0:00
[gentle music] 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?
Joseph Strickland· Guest0:13
Well, really, Tucker, um, I- 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. Um, to me, really, Tucker, this comes down to a consequence of the, the evil that we see, that we're witnessing. Um, and I think we need to pay attention to it in that context. As we already discussed, the, the large-scale destruction of civilian life is, is never le- morally justifiable by any nation, by any entity, by, for any reason. It's just not. And to me, the, the closure of the Holy Sepulcher, the holy site [laughs] for us, there's so many in the Holy Land, but the closure of that and the not allowing the procession of Palm Sunday is, 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,