Pope Francis To Visit Turkey In November Following Invitations From Erdogan, Bartholomew

Religion News Service | By Josephine McKenna

VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis will visit Turkey in November, eight years after his predecessor, Benedict XVI, made a landmark visit to the predominantly Muslim country.

Turkey’s newly elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, extended a formal invitation to Francis, and the Turkish Embassy to the Holy See confirmed Tuesday (Sept. 9) that the pope has accepted.

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