Israel has backed down after Italy led international condemnation of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa being denied access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday.
Premier Giorgia Meloni described the incident on Palm Sunday as "an offence not only to the faithful but to any community that respects religious freedom" and Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani ad summoned Israel's ambassador to Rome over it.
After the move, which had been justified for security reasons amid the Iran war, triggered widespread outrage, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Pizzaballa would have "full and immediate access" to the church, the holiest site in Christianity.
