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Donald Trump’s Jerusalem move sparks Christian disputes

Evangelicals and Catholics react in different ways to the president’s proclamation

By ERASMUS

CHRISTIAN leaders reacted with strong emotion to the news that President Donald Trump has recognised as capital of Israel the city where their faith’s foundational events unfolded. Some (especially American evangelicals) were passionately in favour, and others (especially Christians with deep roots in the region) were passionately against.

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