Holy Land cardinal says U.S. university protests are mistaken approach

ROME – As anti-Israel protests escalate on college and university campuses throughout the United States, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa of Jerusalem was critical of the demonstrations, saying academic institutions ought to be places of peaceful exchange.

“I confess that I struggle to understand it. Universities are places where cultural engagement, even heated, even harsh, must be open 360 degrees, where engagement with strong ideas that are completely different, must be expressed not with violence...