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by bcadmin | Aug 23, 2021 | Afghanistan, Holy See, lead, News, Pope Francis, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan, Vatican | 0 |
It’s become customary for Pope Francis to use the final minutes of his Sunday Angelus prayer to let the world know what global conflict has caught his attention. Hence, his silence over the crisis in Afghanistan this week was deafening.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 17, 2021 | Angelus, Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, News, Palestine, Pope Francis, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey | 0 |
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis met with the Iranian foreign minister and spoke by telephone with the Turkish president amid the spiral of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 21, 2020 | Chora church, Church in the Middle East, Hagia Sophia, News, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan, second, Turkey | 0 |
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday announced a decision to reconvert the historic Chora Church, one of the country’s most celebrated Byzantine buildings in Instanbul, into a mosque.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 1, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, News, Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey | 0 |
In its more than 1,400-year existence, the majestic domed structure of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul has served as the Byzantine Empire’s main cathedral, a mosque under the Ottoman Empire and a museum under modern Turkey, attracting millions of tourists each year.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 19, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Hagia Sophia, Mosque, News, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey | 0 |
Catholic bishops in Turkey pledged not to contest plans to turn Istanbul’s ancient Hagia Sophia cathedral that now serves as a museum into a Muslim place of worship.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 5, 2020 | Assyrian Christians, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, Greece, Jesuit Refugee Service, News, President Racep Tayyip Erdogan, Pro Terra Sancta, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Turkey | 0 |
Turkey and Greece are trading blame following the deaths of Syrian refugees trying to flee to Europe, but some observers believe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is weaponizing the Syrian refugee humanitarian crisis.
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