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Remembering Pope Paul VI’s historic visit to Turkey

July 25, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

After traveling to Istanbul on July 25, 1967, for a celebration at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, the pope visited the Orthodox patriarchal Church of St. George with the ecumenical patriarch, Athenagoras I, Orthodox archbishop of Constantinop… […]

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PHOTOS: Former Byzantine Church converted to a mosque in Istanbul is reopened

May 9, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Kariye, the former Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora in Istanbul in 2020. / Credit: Nathalie Ritzmann

ACI MENA, May 9, 2024 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Kariye, the former Byzantine Church of St. Savior in Chora, located in the Fatih district of Ist… […]

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Another Byzantine-era church in Turkey to revert to mosque

February 13, 2024 Catholic News Agency 5

Byzantine era icons in the interior of the church. / Credit: Shutterstock

ACI MENA, Feb 13, 2024 / 11:00 am (CNA).
After serving as a museum for more than 79 years, the Turkish government is proceeding with plans to make the Church of the Holy … […]

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Victim of Istanbul attack was a Muslim who often went to Catholic Mass

January 31, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro arrives at the Jan. 29, 2024, funeral of Tuncer Murat Cihan, 52, who was murdered during Sunday Mass at Santa Maria Italian Church on Jan. 28 in Istanbul, Turkey. / Credit: Sercan Ozkurnazli/Getty Images

Rome Newsro… […]

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How difficult is it to be a Christian in Turkey? What you need to know

January 29, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

President Recep Erdogan in 2020 converted the former Byzantine church, the Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. / Credit: Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton, Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED

CNA Staff, Jan 29, 2024 / 17:50 pm (CNA).
Terrorists stormed a Catholic … […]

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BREAKING: 1 person killed in shooting at Catholic church in Istanbul

January 28, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

The scene outside a Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, where a reported armed attack took place on Jan. 28, 2024. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN

Rome Newsroom, Jan 28, 2024 / 06:53 am (CNA).
Two masked assailants opened fire in a Catholic churc… […]

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Scammer arrested after attempt to sell Turkish basilica

March 8, 2021 CNA Daily News 0

Istanbul, Turkey, Mar 8, 2021 / 09:47 pm (CNA).- Turkish authorities have arrested a scam artist who reportedly attempted to claim ownership of and sell a famous Catholic basilica in Istanbul. According to International Christian Concern, Sebahatt… […]

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