The Vatican welcomed a decision by Israel to stop construction of a mosque near the main Christian shrine in Nazareth. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro Valls said in a statement Monday that Israel’s decision the previous day had “re-established legality and respect for holy places and regard for the respective communities of believers.”
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