Pope’s visit to Turkey will help normalize interchurch relations

ArmRadio.am
21.10.2006 13:14

Ecumenical Patriarch His All-Holiness Bartholomew I has declared that
the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Turkey will help normalize
the relations between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

According to the Turkish NTV, the Greek Patriarch said that the Pope’s
visit is a good chance for normalization of relations between the
Orthodox and the Catholics and to reinforcement of the opportunities
to live in peace with non-Christians. Noting that the main reason of
the Pope’s visit is the improvement of relations between Catholic and
Orthodox Churches, the Greek Patriarch said that as religious leaders
they are obliged to work to make people understand the opportunities
of preventing calashes and solving the discrepancies in a peaceful way.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS