JERUSALEM . The Israeli authorities are growing increasingly intolerant of Christianity in the country, responding inadequately to violent attacks against the faith by Jewish extremists, a senior Vatican official in Jerusalem has warned.

Police inaction and an educational culture that encourages Jewish children to treat Christians with contempt has made life increasingly "intolerable" for many, said Fr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custodian of the Holy Land.

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