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Knights in Perth answer call from Vatican By Neil Smith and the services of CNS
Smoke from shellfire shrouds the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as Israeli Photo CNS/Reaters tanks by to force the Palestinians out
could not be regarded as hostages of the Palestinians, and that they remained there of their own free will. The Palestinians inside the church had not 'committed any act of violence or abuse of power against the religious community During the siege the Church of the Nativity came under machine gun and cannon fire from the Israeli tanks despite assurances by the Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, to the Pope, that the Israelis had no intention of causing any damage to the church. Another order of knights in the United States, the Knights of Columbus has set up a $US2 million fund to help the Holy Land.
A group of Perth Knights are rallying to help repair and preserve the Church of the Nativity. regarded as marking the birthplace of Jesus Christ, which has been damaged by gunfire in the Middle East turmoil between Israelis and Palestinians. In Perth, the Lieutenant of the Equestrian Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem - Western Australia, Mr John Can, said the ancient order was charged with the protection of holy places in the Holy Land. The Knights are in the process of making formal requests to the Western Australian Department of Consumer Protection for a public Non-political appeal to raise funds for repairs to the Church of the Nativity and other holy places. Mr Carr said the Knights of the Holy SepulPope John Paul II has ordered a special mis- chre also operated or had direct responsibilsion from the Vatican to travel to Bethlehem to ity for 43 schools in the region and a seminary study the damage to the historic site. with 90 seminarians. The church was the scene of bitter fighting The Knights are strictly non-political. when a group of Palestinians sought refuge Their Vatican-based Grand Magisterium has and the Israeli tanks mounted a siege to drive expressed its deep shock and grief at the events them out. in the Holy Land. Also trapped were a number of Franciscan Its Grand Master, Cardinal Carlo Furno has friars and nuns, monks of the Armenian Ortho- expressed profound sadness and deep condox and Greek Orthodox and other religious. cern at what has befallen the land in which the One Armenian monk was shot and killed. Saviour lived, died and rose again. The head of the Franciscan order, Father GiaThe Vatican said it was aware of the tradicomo Bini, called for 'urgent humanitarian tional bonds that unite the Knights of the Holy intervention' to aid agencies to supply water, Sepulchre and its mandate entrusted to them food, electrical power and medical attention to by the Supreme Pontiffs to assist, and sustain the people in the region, and to help repair or the people of the region without regard to their restore church buildings. nationality or religion. Fr Bini said the priests and nuns in the church Continues page 3.
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