Cleric Urges Vatican-Israel Mutual Recognition

Asia News today published an interview with Fr. David-Maria A. Jaeger, an Israeli citizen who is the new head of “The Church and Israel Public Education Initiatives”. In 1992, the Vatican and the state of Israel signed the "Fundamental Agreement" that was supposed to lead to mutual recognition. Jaeger’s goal is to obtain full implementation of this and a follow-up agreement on the Legal Personality of the Church entered in 1997. Jaeger says this is necessary for meaningful survival of the Catholic community in Israel.