CARDINAL CLARIFIES REPORT QUOTING HIM ON MOSQUE IN NAZARETH

VATICAN CITY, NOV 27, 2001 (VIS) - Yesterday afternoon the following communique was published by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Commission for Religious Relations with Jews, following his visit to Israel last week:

"Having learned what was reported by the Roman correspondent of the daily newspaper Ma'ariv's: 'The Vatican agrees for a mosque in Nazareth, but a small one', I desire to clarify that what was attributed to me does not correspond to the truth, as is clear from my declaration released at the conclusion of the meeting with the president of the State of Israel, Moshe Kazav: 'The construction of a mosque near the Basilica of the Annunciation does not contribute to the relations between Christians and Muslims. In case the mosque will have a big size, it will become a provocation'."

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