Holy Land: New act of vandalism targets Dormition Abbey

Today, Sunday January 17, 2016, the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, a popular destination for Christian pilgrims from around the world, was the target of another act of vandalism. Anti-Christian slogans like "Let his (Jesus') name and memory be obliterated" were sprayed on the doors and walls of the Benedictine monastery, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem announce on their website.

Three weeks after the vandalism against the Salesian convent in Beit Jamal, another act has occurred against the Mount Sion Abbey, Jerusalem, a significant place for interreligious dialogue between Judaism and Christianity.

Some of the slogans that were written on the doors and walls of the monastery included: "Death to the heathen Christians, the enemies of Israel", "Let his (Jesus') name and memory be obliterated" and "Christians to Hell".

In their statement, The Latin Patriarchate "condemns very strongly this aggression and repeats that the unique remedy for such behaviour is to control the kind of education given in the schools where these young people have been educated, and to follow up those who incite intolerance against Christians.

They say: "It is regrettable that such episodes of hatred come 50 years after "Nostra Aetate" which founded the interreligious dialogue of the Catholic Church with other religions, and which turned a new page between Catholic Church and Judaism.

"We hope that the perpetrators will be arrested before proposed threats are carried out."

Source: Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem

For more information see: http://en.lpj.org/