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Vatican Seeks Control Over Jerusalem Holy Sites

January 19, 2012 | From theTrumpet.com

Roman Catholic support of the Palestinian cause isn’t what it seems.

 

In an article in Arutz Sheva last month, Italian journalist Giulio Meotti explained how Catholic authorities in recent months have “increased their political initiatives for Catholic control over some sites in Jerusalem.”

In December, for example, the head of the Vatican’s Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, said that “peace negotiations in the Middle East must tackle the issue of the status of the holy sites of Jerusalem.” According to Tauran, it’s time that some of Jerusalem’s holy places, including the City of David, were put under Vatican charge.

After all, “it’s practically just the Holy See who is concerned about [Jerusalem],” Tauran stated.

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