{"id":5736,"date":"2006-09-18T17:54:16","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/turkeys-a-go.html"},"modified":"2006-09-18T17:54:16","modified_gmt":"2006-09-18T17:54:16","slug":"turkeys-a-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/turkeys-a-go.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkey’s a go.."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Turkish bishops who met today confirmed the Pope’s trip’s still a go:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The bishops of Turkey today followed Ankara\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister, Abdullah Gul, in confirming that the visit of Benedict XVI will take place as planned, from 28 November to 1 December, according to the set itinerary. <\/p>\n

Turkish dailies are debating whether the pope\u2019s words yesterday at Castel Gandolfo \u2013 carried by all newspapers \u2013 could pass for a public apology. There are those who claim to be satisfied, seeing the pope\u2019s statement as a sign that he withdrew what he said, but others are still not happy. Also reported was the unequivocal declaration by Foreign Minister Gul yesterday: \u201cCertainly the pope\u2019s comments were really unfortunate, not only for Muslims but for the whole world, including Christians. But they do not interfere with the trip of Benedict XVI, which has been already organized for the end of November. A change in programme is out of the question for us right now. Much has been said about the matter but I hope all this will not impact on his visit to Turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n

And this morning, the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of Turkey, as planned, met in Istanbul to discuss details of the trip\u2019s itinerary. They were joined by Mgr Piero Marini, head of the Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations. They share the view that at this point, there is no reason to call off the visit and in fact, after reading together the statement of clarification by the Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the bishops turned their attention to details of the trip set to take place as scheduled from 28 November to 1 December.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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