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Pope Francis Visits The Blue Mosque in Turkey

Pope Francis clasped his hands and bowed his head Saturday as he stood next to Istanbul Mufti Rahmi Yaran who was performing a prayer in Turkey's 17th century Sultan Ahmet mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque. Francis is on the second day of his three-day trip to Turkey. Later, Francis visited the Haghia Sofia, which was the main Byzantine church in Constantinople -- present day Istanbul -- before being turned into a mosque after the Muslim conquest of the city in 1453. It is now...


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