Vatican meeting demands Israel end occupation

[kpete]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Vatican meeting demands Israel end occupation
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Writer © 2010 The Associated Press
Oct. 23, 2010, 8:56AM


VATICAN CITY — Bishops from the Middle East who were summoned to Rome by the pope demanded Saturday that Israel accept U.N. resolutions calling for an end to its "occupation" of Arab lands.

In a final joint communique, the bishops also told Israel it shouldn't use the Bible to justify "injustices" against the Palestinians.

The bishops issued the statement at the close of their two-week meeting, called by Pope Benedict XVI to discuss the plight of Christians in the Middle East amid a major exodus of the faithful from the birthplace of Christianity.

The Catholic Church has long been a minority in the largely Muslim region but its presence is shrinking further as a result of war, conflict, discrimination and economic problems.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/7260725.html

[LiberalFighter]

1. The Vatican is what?

That Israel shouldn't use the Bible? Where does the Pope think the Old Testament in the Bible came from?

[No Elephants]

3. Omitting words selectively?

[Jefferson23]

2. Great, call for Israel to accept U.N. resolutions for an end to the occupation, AND the Catholic

Church, stop using the bible to bash gays, among other things. These actions on both their parts would be a step forward for mankind everywhere.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Now, that's a grand idea!

:thumbsup:

[No Elephants]

4. Why does AP call this a "demand?" Does the paper issued by the bishops ever use that word?

Very mixed feelings about the story itself.

[Johnyawl]

6. arrogance, meet hubris

[COLGATE4]

7. The Vatican (and the good Bishops) might better be tending to

the concerns of their own flocks than lecturing the Israelis on their geo-political realities.

[joanbarnes]

8. Vatican and Palestine

The "Church" finally does something right!

[hulka38]

9. Bibi will have to try to keep a straight face in public. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

10. fuck the pope and his bishops...

while I may agree with them, who the hell are they to tell anyone to do anything? A bunch of sick pedophile protectors.

[provis99]

11. oh, blah.

Getting advice from the Vatican on Israel is like asking a 2000-year old anti-semite what should be done about Jews.