Murder prompts papal visit to Turkey

Murder prompts papal visit to Turkey

After the recent murder of an Italian priest in Turkey, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the invitation by Turkey’s president to visit the Muslim nation next November. Confirmation of the request by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer came just four days after the murder of Catholic priest Andrea Santoro in

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Thu 23 Feb 2006 1:00 AM

After the recent murder of an Italian priest in Turkey, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the invitation by Turkey’s president to visit the Muslim nation next November. Confirmation of the request by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer came just four days after the murder of Catholic priest Andrea Santoro in the northern Turkish city of Trabzon.

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