Israel’s Minister of Tourism and Development, Moshe Kol, had an hour long audience today with Cardinal Joseph Suenens, the primate of Belgium, who was invited by Mr. Kol to make a religious pilgrimage to the Holy Places in Israel. Mr. Kol and the church leader discussed the facilities available to pilgrims to the Holy Land and relations between the Israel Government and the various Catholic churches there. Mr. Kol was the first member of the Israel Government to visit the Belgian Cardinal.
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