Paris Bishops Denounce Campaigns Which Call on Christians to Combat Zionism

A group of French bishops has denounced “the two-faced character of certain anti-Israel campaigns” which are calling on Christians to join in a struggle against Zionism. A statement released by the French Bishops’ Committee for Relations with Judaism cited “certain journals and periodicals” which have published such appeals in recent months. “We disapprove of these articles and appeals,” the statement said. “The concern which Christians must feel for the poor, more especially the Arab refugees, must not be allowed to lead to reverse injustices. It is a fact that a large number of Jews have found no other country willing to receive them but Israel. Every other political project proved unworkable.” The statement carried the signatures of the Bishop of Strassbourg, the Suffragan Bishop of Paris and the Bishop of Naterre.