Israel’s preparations for a papal pilgrimage are destroying an area in the Galilee, Israeli environmentalists charged. They said dozens of bulldozers are ripping up a mountain to construct a parking lot for pilgrims and a large amphitheater in which Pope John Paul II will conduct Mass during his visit next month.
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