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| zayton |
 Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 10:56 am |
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Vatican envoy rebukes Israeli officials over visas to Christians
Jerusalem (ENI). The Vatican's top diplomat in the Holy Land has publicly
rebuked Israeli officials for refusing to renew the visas of Christian
clergy and volunteers. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the head of the Apostolic
Delegation in Jerusalem, issued his strongly worded complaint at a public
gathering of fellow clergy at the invitation of the Israeli Tourism
Minister, Benny Elon. Just hours before he spoke, the Israeli interior
minister, Avraham Poraz, issued a request to the Immigration Police not to
arrest Christian clergy who reside in Israel, even if they did not have the
proper residency papers with them. Archbishop Sambi said this step did not
go far enough. |
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