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Christian Monks Square Off at One of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites

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A multi-century-long battle has been raging between six Christian sects at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Nina Strochlic reports.

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If you follow the boisterous groups of cross bearers and prayer-humming nuns who weave through the narrow streets of Jerusalem’s Old City, you’ll eventually end up in a rare clearing that holds one of Christianity’s holiest buildings: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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