JERUSALEM, (OSV News) Following a rampage of a radical Jewish gang in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on the evening of Jan. 26, the Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries in the Holy Land called on political and religious authorities to bring civil and religious life in Jerusalem back to greater serenity. This is only the latest in a series of episodes of religious violence that is affecting the symbols of the Christian community and beyond, they said in their Jan. 27 state
An American tourist has been arrested for vandalizing a statue of Jesus Christ at a church in Jerusalem, reportedly due to his belief that the statue constituted idolatry.
Christian leaders in the Holy Land have condemned an assault on an Armenian restaurant in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem by a group of radical Israelis, warning that the “radical aggression” is aimed at imposing an exclusively “Jewish character” on the city.
Christian leaders in the Holy Land have condemned an assault on an Armenian restaurant in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem by a group of radical Israelis, warning that the “radical aggression” is aimed at imposing an exclusively “Jewish character” on the city.