Thursday, October 30, 2014

Will the pope challenge Turkey on anti-Christian bias? | Crux

Will the pope challenge Turkey on anti-Christian bias?
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John L. Allen Jr.

Associate editor October 30, 2014

Recently the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will travel to Turkey Nov. 28-30, the official purpose for which is largely ecumenical. He’ll visit Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople on the feast of St. Andrew, considered their patron in much the same way Catholics regard St. Peter as the first pope.

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