Oct 2, 2012 / 15:35 pm
Vandals sprayed graffiti insulting to Jesus on the walls of a Franciscan convent on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, echoing a similar attack last month and drawing renewed condemnation from Catholic leaders.
The Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land, a group of the region's leading Catholic bishops, voiced "full fraternal support and prayer" for the Franciscans and the Christian community in the Holy Land, following the latest attack.
The Hebrew-language graffiti was discovered early on Oct. 2 on the Convent of St. Francis, adjacent to the Cenacle complex, which is traditionally regarded as the location of the Last Supper.
The graffiti derided Jesus and used the phrase "price tag," a term Israeli extremists use for revenge attacks on Palestinians and Arabs, Agence France Presse reports.