November 27, 2006
Papal visit (3) - A test for Turkey
Human rights in Turkey blog assesses the papal visit... Icarus Redeemed provides a more theological discussion
More than 25,000 people Muslims have taken part in a protest in Istanbul against the Pope's forthcoming visit to Turkey. Sunday's protest was organised by the Islamic Felicity Party, a small group that is not represented in the Turkish parliament....via
Mavi Boncuk provides the historical background:
* The Latin Patriarch of Constantinople
* Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
* 1,000-year Orthodox-Catholic rifts
* Patriarch Bartholomeos I
* 1967 | Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras
TIME Cover:
The Passion of the Pope
With his blunt talk on Islam, Benedict XVI is altering the debate between the Muslim world and the West. On the eve of his visit to Turkey, TIME looks at the roots of the Pope's views--and how they may define his place in history
By DAVID VAN BIEMA, JEFF ISRAELY/ROME
Posted to Pope/Pope's Speech