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| Pope set to meet Orthodox leader | Pope set to meet Orthodox leader |
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| Pope Benedict XVI is due to focus on Christian issues on the second day of his landmark visit to Turkey. | Pope Benedict XVI is due to focus on Christian issues on the second day of his landmark visit to Turkey. |
| The Pope is visiting the ancient city of Ephesus in western Turkey, where a shrine marks what is said to be the final resting place of the Virgin Mary. | The Pope is visiting the ancient city of Ephesus in western Turkey, where a shrine marks what is said to be the final resting place of the Virgin Mary. |
| He is then due to meet the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul, aiming to heal an old rift between Churches. | He is then due to meet the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul, aiming to heal an old rift between Churches. |
| The Pope's four-day visit to Turkey has been overshadowed by comments made in September about Islam. | The Pope's four-day visit to Turkey has been overshadowed by comments made in September about Islam. |
| But Wednesday's agenda will centre on the meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew I, which was the original reason for Benedict's decision to travel to the country. | But Wednesday's agenda will centre on the meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew I, which was the original reason for Benedict's decision to travel to the country. |
| Click here to see a map of where Orthodox and Catholic Europe meets | Click here to see a map of where Orthodox and Catholic Europe meets |
| Pilgrimage | Pilgrimage |
| The Pope is expected to begin his second day in Turkey by visiting the small stone house known as Mary's House in Ephesus. | The Pope is expected to begin his second day in Turkey by visiting the small stone house known as Mary's House in Ephesus. |
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| He will say mass at the small sanctuary, visited every year by tens of thousands of pilgrims. | |
| From Ephesus the Pope will travel to Istanbul, once - as Constantinople - the centre of the Byzantine empire, but now the largest city in a secular but largely Muslim Turkish republic. | From Ephesus the Pope will travel to Istanbul, once - as Constantinople - the centre of the Byzantine empire, but now the largest city in a secular but largely Muslim Turkish republic. |
| In Istanbul he will be the guest of the Orthodox patriarch, who heads a community of 250 million Christians around the world. | In Istanbul he will be the guest of the Orthodox patriarch, who heads a community of 250 million Christians around the world. |
| While in Istanbul the Pope will meet faith leaders and visit the city's famous Blue Mosque. | While in Istanbul the Pope will meet faith leaders and visit the city's famous Blue Mosque. |
| Benedict is scheduled to lead mass in an Istanbul cathedral before he departs. | Benedict is scheduled to lead mass in an Istanbul cathedral before he departs. |
| Call for dialogue | Call for dialogue |
| On his first day in Turkey - and his first in a mainly Muslim country as Pope - Benedict called for an "authentic dialogue" between Christians and Muslims in a speech at Turkey's directorate of religious affairs. | On his first day in Turkey - and his first in a mainly Muslim country as Pope - Benedict called for an "authentic dialogue" between Christians and Muslims in a speech at Turkey's directorate of religious affairs. |
| He said the exchange must be "based on truth and inspired by a sincere wish to know one another better". | He said the exchange must be "based on truth and inspired by a sincere wish to know one another better". |
| I want to reiterate the solidarity between the cultures - this is our duty Pope Benedict XVI Trip impact: Have your say The visit has been overshadowed by angry protests by Turkish Muslims. | |
| Tens of thousands of people protested on the streets of Istanbul at the weekend, calling on the Pope to stay away or apologise for comments he made about Islam in a speech in September. | Tens of thousands of people protested on the streets of Istanbul at the weekend, calling on the Pope to stay away or apologise for comments he made about Islam in a speech in September. |
| Speaking to an academic audience in Germany, the Pope quoted a Byzantine emperor who characterised Islam as a violent religion. | Speaking to an academic audience in Germany, the Pope quoted a Byzantine emperor who characterised Islam as a violent religion. |
| While the Pope insisted the remarks did not reflect his own views, the speech was widely reported and caused anger across the Islamic world. | While the Pope insisted the remarks did not reflect his own views, the speech was widely reported and caused anger across the Islamic world. |
| In Ankara, the Pope began his trip with a visit to the hilltop mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. | In Ankara, the Pope began his trip with a visit to the hilltop mausoleum of modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. |
| Flanked by an escort of ceremonial guards, he laid a wreath of red and white flowers. | Flanked by an escort of ceremonial guards, he laid a wreath of red and white flowers. |
| In 1981 a Turkish gunman, Ali Agca, wounded Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul II, in a Rome shooting. | In 1981 a Turkish gunman, Ali Agca, wounded Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul II, in a Rome shooting. |
| Popes Paul VI and John Paul II visited Turkey in 1967 and 1979, respectively. | Popes Paul VI and John Paul II visited Turkey in 1967 and 1979, respectively. |
| WHERE EAST MEETS WEST Kosovo is an overwhelmingly Muslim province of Serbia, pushing for independenceIn Lviv and other western parts of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church predominates - a church that follows Eastern rites but vows allegiance to RomeRepublika Srpska is the Serb part of BosniaCyprus is divided between the Greek, Orthodox south and the breakaway Turkish, Muslim north | WHERE EAST MEETS WEST Kosovo is an overwhelmingly Muslim province of Serbia, pushing for independenceIn Lviv and other western parts of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church predominates - a church that follows Eastern rites but vows allegiance to RomeRepublika Srpska is the Serb part of BosniaCyprus is divided between the Greek, Orthodox south and the breakaway Turkish, Muslim north |
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