Pope
Benedict XVI
in Turkey
Nov. 28: Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, right, looks on as Pope Benedict XVI greets the media upon his arrival
in Ankara, Turkey.
Pope Benedict XVI is got guts, with good reason he is called Pope
Benedict the Brave: Many people was telling him "don't go to
Turkey, you are going to be killed". But in Turkey he is today, still alive on
November 28, 2006,
meeting civil and religious authorities, and talking!... with
a message
of dialogue and brotherhood between faiths,
peace, and an end of any violence, specially a violence supported by a religious
faith.
Pope
Benedict said guarantees of religious freedom are essential for a just society
and urged all religious leaders to
"utterly refuse" to support any form of violence in the name of
faith — carefully avoiding a direct reference to Islam, but
citing the "disturbing" violence in the Middle East and raising
worries of more bloodshed and terrorism around the world
All of this, with his
problem with Islam after his remarks quoting a 14th century Byzantine
emperor,
Pope Benedict XVI and Islam, and after his remarks as Cardinal
Ratzinger, who opposed the incorporation of Turkey into the Europe Community of
nations claiming that Turkey had a different culture than the others nations of
Europe (a Muslim culture).
Nov.
28: Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and Pope Benedict XVI shake hands upon
the pontiff's arrival at the Cankaya Palace in Ankara.
On November 29,
2006, he is
still alive, and meeting and talking... now with a message good for Turkey:
Expressed support for measures that Turkey has taken in its campaign to join the
European Union.
NEW: Benedict XVI
holds mass at site believed once Virgin Mary home
• Pope urges religious leaders to "utterly refuse" to support violence
• Benedict calls for more Muslim-Christian dialogue
Afterward, Benedict lifted a giant Turkish flag as he made
his way through the crowd, greeting worshippers and shaking hands. Many reached
out to touch him and cried "Benedetto," his name in Italian. (Watch
pope give blessing at Virgin Mary site
)
The pope planned to travel to Istanbul
later Wednesday to meet Bartholomew I,
leader of the world's 300 million Orthodox Christians. The two major branches of
Christianity represented by Bartholomew and Benedict split in 1054 over
differences in opinion on the power of the papacy. The two spiritual heads will
meet in an attempt to breach the divide and reunite the churches.
On November 30, 2006, he is still alive, and meeting
and talking...
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He meets with Bartplomew I,
the main aim of his visit to Turkey
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- He went to the famous
Blue Mosque on busiest day of Turkey trip,
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The Diaspora Welcomes the Pope
Pope Benedict XVI, second from left, is
guided by Istanbul's Mufti Mustafa Cagrici, fourth from left,
inside the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul Thursday, Nov. 30,
2006.
(AP Photo/Salih Zeki Fazlioglu)
On December 1,
2006 he is still alive and well and returns home with a
great success,
Pope Benedict XVI ends Turkey visit
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Pope Benedict XVI at the Church of the Virgin Mary
Pope
Benedict XVI, left, meets the chief of Turkey's Religious
Affairs Directorate, Ali Bardakoglu, at the Diyanet Presidency
for Religious Affairs in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 28, 2006. (AP
Photo)
Turkey's
chief Islamic cleric
said at a joint appearance that growing
"Islamophobia"
hurts all Muslims. The so-called
conviction that the sword is used to expand Islam in the world
and growing Islamophobia hurts all Muslims," Bardakoglu
said at a joint appearance.
His comments could be
reinforced later during the four-day visit when the pope meets
in Istanbul with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the
spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians.
The pope is expected to call for greater rights and
protections for Christian minorities in the Muslim world, including the tiny
Greek Orthodox community in Turkey.
Benedict's journey is extraordinarily sensitive, a closely
watched pilgrimage full of symbolism that could offer hope of religious
reconciliation or deepen what many say is a growing divide between the Christian
and Islamic worlds.
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