Originally published byPhilippine Daily Inquirer
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn’t stop to pray, as he focused more on bolstering ties with Orthodox patriarchs and promoting courageous steps for Eastern and Western churches to be united. Leo took his shoes off and, in his white socks, toured the 17th-century mosque, looking up at its soaring tiled domes and the Arabic inscriptions on its columns as an imam pointed them out to him. The Vatican had said Leo would observe a “brief moment of silent prayer” in the mosque, but he didn’t. An imam of the mosque, […]...
Keep on reading: Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque, focuses on unifying Christians
Keep on reading: Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque, focuses on unifying Christians
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