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Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople greet a small crowd after delivering a blessing in 2014 in Istanbul (CNS photo/Paul Haring).
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Francis X. Rocca - Catholic News Service

Ankara and Istanbul were gray and cold, at least compared to Rome, during Pope Francis' Nov. 28-30 visit to Turkey. And the general reception, outside of the pope's official meetings, was hardly warmer. There were none of the enthusiastic crowds that usually greet him on his trips, no masses waving signs of welcome along his motorcade route or behind police barriers at the stops.

FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis rsquo three-day visit to Turkey November 28-30 was intended primarily as an ecumenical visit to the center of the Orthodox world with an important Muslim-Christian dimension nbsp It has taken on considerable political significance however because of the dramatic situation in the
"The Martyrdom of St. Clement," Bernardino Fungai (1460-1516) in the painting,
FaithIn All Things
Joseph McAuley
A prayer by St. Clement is considered part of the earliest of Christian literature.  
Cokie Roberts, master of ceremonies, applauds Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign Tribute dinner honoring Gates in Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
FaithIn All Things
Mary Ann Walsh
Cokie Roberts, political commentator for ABC News, has stood for more than four decades as a prominent Catholic woman in the public.
HOPE BLOOMS. Obdulio Ramos, the husband of Elba, planted roses on the lawn where the Jesuits were assassinated, along P with Elba and her daughter, at the University of Central America, San Salvador.
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Luke Hansen
In Arcatao, El Salvador, a small town nestled amid stunning mountain vistas near the Honduran border, the Historical Memory Committee is charged with preserving the memory of the civil war that left more than 75,000 dead—and thousands more “disappeared”—between 1980 and 1992.
PARENTAL UNITS. Stained glass window depicting Adam and Eve in the cathedral of Brussels, Belgium.
FaithThe Living Word
Richard J. Clifford
Richard Clifford, S.J., asks, can we see Adam and Eve anew?