Mon May 11, 2026 - 5:59 pm EDTMon May 11, 2026 - 6:59 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — A much-loved and admired Catholic priest who has served the faithful in the besieged town of Beit Sahour — the Shepherds’ Field — outside Bethlehem is being forced by the Israeli government to leave the occupied Palestinian territories and return to his native Jordan across the border. At an emotional gathering at Our Lady of Fatima Latin Church on Sunday, the parish’s pastor, Father Louis Salman, offered his final Mass before his departure due to the Israeli authorities refusing to renew his residency permit, forcing him to depart by May 11. As reported by IMEMC News, Fr. Salmon, 36, a prominent spiritual mentor to Palestinian Christian youth, was subjected to an “unusually long and intensive security interrogation by Israeli authorities” before being formally put on notice he must leave the country. Israel Expels Father Louis Salman from the Land of Jesus Father Louis Salman, a Jordanian priest who …