PEACE IN HOLY LAND

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 158, 16 April 1949, Page 5

PEACE IN HOLY LAND

APPEAL BY THE POPE I (Rec. 11.5) VATICAN CITY, April 15 His Holiness the Pope, in a Good Friday encyclical letter to the Catholic clergy of the world, expressed a hope for trhe peace in Palestine and lie asked for the internationalisation of Jerusalem.

His Holiness said that the laments of innumrable refugees continued to reach him, as did requests for help and protests against grave damage to religious institutions, churches and other cultural places. Tlie Pope invited all Catholic bishops to emphasise the gravity of conditions in Palestine to congregations, and to increase their prayers.

QUIET GOOD FRIDAY

' . JERUSALEM SITUATION

(Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 15. Reuter’s Jerusalem correspondent says that Good Friday passed unnoticed in Jerusalem, except by a few members of the Christian community who crossed to the Old City to attend services. .

The streets were thronged with Jewish visitors from other parts of Palestine and abroad for Passover Week.

On Sunday the Jaffa Gate, in the western wall of the Old City, will be open all day to allow Christians to attend Easter Mass in'the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Many members of the diplomatic corps are expected ‘to' attend the • ceremonies, which include a procession from the Mount of Olives to Calvary.