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Sunday, September 24 2006 @ 04:18 PM Central Daylight Time
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In his upcoming visit to Turkey, Pope Benedict XVI has scheduled a stop at Saint Esprit Cathedral in the Istanbul neighbourhood of Harbiye to visit a statue of his namesake, Benedict XV.
During a reign that lasted from 1914-22, Pope Benedict XV struggled to stop World War One and built a hospital at the Syrian border where wounded Turkish soldiers were treated. The current pope calls Benedict XV “a courageous ambassador for peace”.
The statue, situated in the gardens of a cathedral named for Benedict XV, was cleaned by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality for the occasion. |
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