Cardinal [Nichols, UK] Sparks Jewish Anger Over Jerusalem

Church Militant ^ | 10/10/22 | Jules Gomes

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Nichols remains silent on police persecution of Catholic priest's wife

WESTMINSTER, England (ChurchMilitant.com) - Cardinal Vincent Nichols is facing accusations of anti-Semitism and anti-Trumpism after he warned British prime minister Liz Truss not to relocate Britain's embassy to Jerusalem.

The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has also been accused of having double standards for defending Palestinians and Muslims but refusing to address the persecution of Caroline Farrow — a Catholic journalist and wife of Catholic priest Fr. Robin Farrow.

Cardinal's Bias

On Thursday, Nichols said that he had "written to the prime minister to express profound concern over her call for a review of the location of the British Embassy to the state of Israel, with the suggestion that it might be moved away from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem."

The cardinal quoted "Pope Francis and the leaders of churches in the Holy Land who have long called for the international status quo on Jerusalem to be upheld, in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions."

"The city must be shared as a common patrimony, never becoming an exclusive monopoly of any party," Nichols stated in a series of tweets posted a day after Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) — the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

"I can see no valid reason why a move needs now to be considered. I ask the prime minister earnestly to reconsider the intention she has expressed and to focus all efforts on seeking a two-state solution, in which Jerusalem would have a guaranteed special status," he added.

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