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...soon as he landed in London loaded with two decades of Russian intelligence information, he became an ardent critic of Vladimir Putin’s administration. He decried the Kremlin’s autocratic tendencies, provided interesting information about Pope John Paul II’s attempted assassination in 1981, and was even quoted saying that a leftist Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi was the “KGB’s man in Italy” during the Cold War. Suffice to say, this left him with a long list of enemies...
...many centuries, Roman pontiffs attempted to blend spiritual and temporal power into a single figure. The Pope was, then, not only the highest spiritual authority in Christianity, but also a monarch with absolute power over earthly affairs. Although often well-intentioned, this dual ambition led to repeated abuses like political excommunications and the selling of indulgences to adjust the Papal budget balance...
...trip might help Erdogan’s government escape the deadlocked European Union accession talks on issues like Cyprus. More importantly, it might achieve the ecumenical ideal of inter-civilizational dialogue in the ever-burning Middle East. This trip is more important than it seems. The Pope is stepping outside of his comfort zone, and this is definitely commendable. Our post-9/11 world can only benefit from an embrace of ecumenism. This leap of faith will help dialogue on spiritual, and also political, grounds...
...Istanbul is where Pope Benedict XVI chose to make his first visit to the head of a church. He was driven, observers say, by a desire to further the healing process begun in 1964 between the churches of East and West, and, more controversially, to highlight concerns over Christian minorities in the Muslim world...
...Pope will be in Istanbul as a guest of Bartholomew until Friday. High on their agenda will be the future of the city's once-thriving Greek Orthodox community, and the patriarchate itself...