Light and Tears: Benedict XVI in Istanbul

This ia a wonderful report from Robert Moynihan of Inside the Vatican magazine who is with the Holy Father in Turkey...

Benedict XVI, arriving in Istanbul on the second day of his four-day trip to Turkey, was received with honor by the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch, Bartholomew.

"This moment in my life I will treasure until the day I die." - Victoria Moskos, an American Greek Orthodox woman, in Istanbul on November 29, standing on the balcony at the back of the church at the moment Pope Benedict XVI entered the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George to meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

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Moynihan has been covering the Holy Father's trip to Turkey and this report os from day 4...More can be read at Inside the Vatican here.