TITLE

Battles brew in little town of Bethlehem

AUTHOR(S)
Schreffler, Rebekah Scott
PUB. DATE
December 1994
SOURCE
National Catholic Reporter;12/23/94, Vol. 31 Issue 9, p7
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on the conflict among Armenian, Greek Orthodox and Catholics who share the fourth century basilica Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Fight between Armenians and Greeks in 1984; Dispute over the repair of the church; Father Francis E. Clark's travelogue on the interfaith conflict in the basilica.
ACCESSION #
9502021045

Tags: RELIGIOUS communities;  CHURCH of the Nativity (Bethlehem);  WEST Bank

 

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