11.   The cycle of frescoes on side walls depicts the life of St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan order.

12.   The property was not given to the church or to the Clarisas, the Franciscan order to which the nuns belong, Ibanez said.

13.   The nuns appealed to the Vatican to have the eviction reversed, but on Tuesday, they quietly left the grounds for other convents in their Franciscan order.

14.   The Franciscan order in the Holy Land, which has custody over the church, has voiced fears of an imminent Israeli assault.