Fr. David-Maria Jaeger, O.F.M., an international expert on Vatican-Israeli relations and the only native-born
Israeli in the world ordained as a Catholic priest, will speak on “The Peace of Jersualem: The City of Jerusalem and Negotiations for Peace in the Holy Land” at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land
Born of Jewish parents in Tel Aviv, Fr. Jaeger became a Christian in his late teens, and then a Franciscan priest. On
staff at the Vatican, he currently is a judge for the Vatican's Roman Rota. He has negotiated and drafted Vatican-Israeli treaties for 20 years.
