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Vatican should also condemn descrimination against all palestinians.
Vatican Official Condemns Israeli Discrimination Against Christians
In a rare official complaint from a Vatican senior official in Jerusalem, Friar Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custodian of the Holy Land, said in a Friday statement that Israel has failed to respond adequately to frequent discrimination against Christians.
"The time has come for the authorities to act to put an end to this senseless violence and to ensure a 'teaching of respect' in schools for all those who call this land home," said the statement, which appeared in the Italian newspaper La Stampa and was signed by several other Vatican officials.
The statement follows an incident of vandalism in the town of Latroun, which is just west of Jerusalem and home to a Trappist monastery. The monastery's doors were set aflame on Tuesday, and the phrase "Jesus was a monkey" was scrawled in orange spray paint on the white stone walls.
Vatican Official Condemns Israeli Discrimination Against Christians