In a pastoral letter read across parishes in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara which constitute the Episcopal Conference of Northern Africa, CERNA, the Church leaders said their thoughts “painfully” go to the Land where Jesus was born – a land now torn apart by conflict.
In reference to the use of scripture on both sides to legitimize the violence, the bishops warned: “Under no circumstances can the Bible be used to legitimize the colonization and annexation of a territory belonging to a people who only want to live in law and peace. It is necessary to distinguish between peoples and their governments. The government of Israel is not the entire Israeli people. Hamas is not the entire Palestinian people.”
Source: Cruxnow
