According to the Vatican
Radio, Pope Francis’ plane has touched down at Ankara airport as the Pontiff
begins a three day pastoral journey to Turkey.
His visit to the cities of
Ankara and Istanbul comes in response to invitations from the Turkish
government and from the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader
of 300 million Orthodox Christians.
The Pope’s engagements in Ankara
include meetings with Turkish government leaders and with the nation’s senior
Muslim cleric. He will then travel to Istanbul where he will meet Patriarch
Bartholomew for talks after which he sign a joint declaration with
him.
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