Pope mourns violence, loss of life from attack in Istanbul
As authorities in Turkey continued to investigate who was responsible for a deadly bombing in a busy shopping district in Istanbul, Pope Francis prayed for victims and the nation.
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by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Istanbul, News, Pope Francis, Terrorism, Turkey, Vatican | 0 |
As authorities in Turkey continued to investigate who was responsible for a deadly bombing in a busy shopping district in Istanbul, Pope Francis prayed for victims and the nation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 2, 2020 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Mosques, News, Orthodox Church, Turkey | 0 |
A state attorney on Thursday recommended that Turkey’s highest administrative court reject a request that Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia, which now serves as museum, be turned back into a mosque, state-run media reported.
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 18, 2020 | cathedral, Constantinople, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Muslim, Muslim worship, News, U.S. & World News | 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.
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