Ankara, Ephesus, Constantinople/Istanbul

Having mentioned the Bollettino in the last post, it reminded me that I had planned to look today, since I had seen elsewhere that the Holy Father's 'programma' was released for the apostolic visit to Turkey.  I see no surprises: the official audiences in Ankara to the...

Potential 'issues' on the road to Turkey

The fact that the Roman Pontiff is scheduled to receive the president of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, in audience ten days before his departure from the Holy See for Turkey seems not to be designed to pacify the violent-minded minority of the Turkish population--nothing does...