Children’s Bible Now in Turkish

Zenit News Agency, Italy
Dec 24 2004

ROME, DEC. 23, 2004 (Zenit.org).- The Catholic charity Aid to the
Church in Need has published its youngster-friendly Bible, “God Speaks
to His Children,” in Turkish.

The first edition comprises 15,000 copies, 5,000 of which are to be
distributed in Turkey, while the remaining 10,000 are destined for
native Turkish speakers scattered throughout Western Europe.

According to Dominican Father Lorenzo Piretto, an Istanbul-based
priest from Italy, “There are about 100,000 Christians” among the
country’s population of about 68 million.

The majority of Christians in the western Asian country “are
Apostolic Armenians. The Catholics are Latins, Chaldeans, Armenians
and Syrians. There are also Greek and Syrian Orthodox, as well as
various Protestant groups,” Father Piretto stated in a letter.

“The Catechists are very content to have excerpts from the Bible in
Turkish,” he added. “At the entrance of churches, where the books
are displayed, Muslims are free to take” a copy.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress