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Israel-Vatican Negotiations On Taxes, Property Resume

By Howard M. Friedman

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In Jerusalem yesterday, two days of negotiation began between Israel and the Holy See in the nearly ten-year effort by the Israel-Holy See Permanent Bilateral Commission to work out the Catholic Church's tax status and agree on protection of Church properties and ownership of several sacred sites. a href="http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=enamp;art=14023amp;size=A"Asia News/a reported yesterday that the negotiations are being held amidst rumors of a planned trip by Pope Benedict XVI to Israel next May-- a visit that the Israeli government strongly supports. At issue in the long-running negotiations are differences over the implementation of the 1993 a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/holysee.html"Fundamental Agreement /abetween the Holy See and Israel. While mutual recognition treaties were signed by Israel and the Vatican in 1993 and 1997, negotiations on details have never been completed. (See a href="http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2006/12/israel-vatican-commission-will-meet.html"prior posting/a.)

Full post as published by Religion Clause on December 18, 2008 (boomark / email).