CWN - The heads of the Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant communities in Jerusalem have issued their annual joint Easter message.
“Here is located the site of the Empty Tomb, the place where God’s sovereignty over death and the powers of darkness was manifested in the raising of Jesus from the dead,” they said.
“Along with all people of good will, we are deeply distressed by the level of violence still being falsely perpetrated in the name of religion in parts of the Middle East and elsewhere in recent times,” they continued. “Members of some of the ancient Christian communities in this region – especially in Egypt, Iraq and Syria – have been among those most directly affected, along with other minority populations.”
“There is no true religion which advocates violation of the human person or the victimization of minority groups in society, and we condemn such actions in the strongest possible terms,” they added.
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