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VATICAN-TURKEY: POPE'S VISIT TO ANKARA, ISTANBUL CONFIRMED
ANSAmed, Italy
Sept 10 2014
The Pontiff is reported to be planning to travel in November
10 September, 19:47
(ANSAmed) - ISTANBUL, SEPTEMBER 10 - Pope Francis has confirmed during
a private audience with the Turkish Ambassador to the Holy See, Kenan
Gursoy, that he hopes to travel to Turkey in the near future as World
Bulletin website reports. The 77-year-old pontiff's comments came on
Monday as Gursoy visited him to bid farewell, as the ambassador is
due to leave Rome following the end of his assignment. Francis is
expected to visit the Turkish capital of Ankara on November 29 and
then Istanbul, in order to celebrate the feast of Saint Andrew the
following day, according to media reports. He is expected to use the
visit to call for an end to the killing of Middle Eastern Christians
in Iraq and Syria. Diplomatic sources said the pope told the Turkish
envoy he was looking forward to visiting Turkey, after which he is
also expected to visit Armenia. Francis was originally invited to
Turkey earlier this summer by Bartholomew, the Orthodox Patriarch,
who had recently travelled to the Vatican from Turkey to take part
in prayers for peace between the Argentinian pope and Israeli and
Palestinian leaders, according to Rome's La Repubblica newspaper and
diplomatic sources. The visit is expected to be announced officially
once newly-installed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan issues a formal
invitation to the Roman Catholic leader to come to Turkey. (ANSAmed).
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/politics/2014/09/10/vatican-turkey-popes-visit-to-ankara-istanbul-confirmed_9cf29b7b-1a75-421c-95e8-2f812231b2a9.html
ANSAmed, Italy
Sept 10 2014
The Pontiff is reported to be planning to travel in November
10 September, 19:47
(ANSAmed) - ISTANBUL, SEPTEMBER 10 - Pope Francis has confirmed during
a private audience with the Turkish Ambassador to the Holy See, Kenan
Gursoy, that he hopes to travel to Turkey in the near future as World
Bulletin website reports. The 77-year-old pontiff's comments came on
Monday as Gursoy visited him to bid farewell, as the ambassador is
due to leave Rome following the end of his assignment. Francis is
expected to visit the Turkish capital of Ankara on November 29 and
then Istanbul, in order to celebrate the feast of Saint Andrew the
following day, according to media reports. He is expected to use the
visit to call for an end to the killing of Middle Eastern Christians
in Iraq and Syria. Diplomatic sources said the pope told the Turkish
envoy he was looking forward to visiting Turkey, after which he is
also expected to visit Armenia. Francis was originally invited to
Turkey earlier this summer by Bartholomew, the Orthodox Patriarch,
who had recently travelled to the Vatican from Turkey to take part
in prayers for peace between the Argentinian pope and Israeli and
Palestinian leaders, according to Rome's La Repubblica newspaper and
diplomatic sources. The visit is expected to be announced officially
once newly-installed Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan issues a formal
invitation to the Roman Catholic leader to come to Turkey. (ANSAmed).
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/sections/politics/2014/09/10/vatican-turkey-popes-visit-to-ankara-istanbul-confirmed_9cf29b7b-1a75-421c-95e8-2f812231b2a9.html