"VATICAN: CARDINAL OPPOSES TURKEY JOINING EUROPEAN UNION
Vatican City, 4 July (AKI) - The recent stabbing of a Catholic priest in Samsun, northern Turkey, shows that Turkey is not ready for European Union membership, according to the head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Walter Kasper. 'It is not the right moment for Turkey to join the European Union. What is still missing [in Turkey], is a secular state capable of assuring real religious freedom, and this is a long process which needs time,' he told Milan daily Corriere della Sera on Tuesday. "
MoreŞVATICAN: CARDINAL OPPOSES TURKEY JOINING EUROPEAN UNION