The Meaning Behind the Pope's Trip

Benedict's words and gestures in Turkey, including a visit to a mosque, reveal a man who is finding his footing but still has a long way to go.

Papal trips are often as much about what is not said and done as the words and gestures actually delivered by the Roman visitor and his local hosts. At the end of Thursday, the third and most momentous day of Pope Benedict XVI's four-day trip to Turkey, here is a preliminary tally of what has and hasn't happened on this most delicate visit: