BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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yes to Christ.” After all, the “star points to Jerusalem,”
Ratzinger said once. Watch for this new pope to have a more
fervent interest in Israeli politics and affairs surrounding
Jerusalem.
First let's understand Aachen Cathedral's history:
http://www.holycross.edu/departments/visarts/projects/kemp
e/text/gloss1.html
Aachen
Aachen in north-western Germany (in French, called Aix-la-
Chapelle), was the capital of Charlemagne's empire in the
9th century. It became the site of one of the great medieval
pilgrimages because of the textile relics obtained by
Charlemagne and Ortho III. The four “Great Relics” include
the cloak of the Blessed Virgin, the swaddling clothes of the
infant Jesus, the cloth on which St. John the Baptist‟s head
lay after his beheading, and the loin cloth which Jesus wore
on the Cross. These four relics were shown only once every
seven years.
http://www.zenit.org/english/archive/0001/ZE000131.html
CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES HAVE UNIQUE LINK WITH
ROME AND JERUSALEM
John Paul II's Letter for 1,200 Years of Aachen Cathedral
VATICAN CITY, JAN 31 (ZENIT).- John Paul II referred to
the ties that unite the Catholic community spread over the
world with the Church of Rome and the Holy City of Jerusalem,
in a letter to commemorate 1,200 years since the
construction of Aachen Cathedral, an event which was
celebrated last Saturday and Sunday in this historic German
locality. The Pope's special envoy to the celebration was
Cardinal Dar?o Castrill?n Hoyos, prefect of the Congregation
for the Clergy. The Holy Father addressed the letter to
Bishop Heinrich Mussinghoff of Aachen. John Paul II pointed
out that the Cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin, was built at
the request of Charlemagne. That same year, 800, the
emperor was crowned in Rome by Pope Leo III in the
Vatican Basilica. This historical event reflects the closeness