Vancouver Archbishop Calls Attack on Israel ‘Serious Violation’ of Moral, International Law

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Commenting from Rome where he is attending the Synod on Synodality, the Archbishop said Monday the news about “the Hamas incursion into Israel is devastating.”

In a message to Vancouver’s Jewish community, Vancouver Archbishop J. Michael Miller “unequivocally condemned” Saturday’s attack on Israel, calling it an offense against moral and international law.

Commenting from Rome where he is attending the Synod on Synodality, the Archbishop said Monday the news about “the Hamas incursion into Israel is devastating.”

The nature of the attack and the taking of women and children as hostages was “a serious violation not only of international law but, even more importantly, of the moral law that is written in the conscience of every human being,” he said.

“Such an attack must be unequivocally condemned, and our voices raised to the LORD that respect for human life, created in his image, will prevail among all people of goodwill. I join my prayers to those of the Jewish community who are mourning the deceased.”

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