Pope Francis Expresses Sadness After Hagia Sophia is Declared a Mosque
The Pope’s comments followed the publication of articles in the Orthodox Christian media asking why the Vatican had not commented on the decision.
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Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Says Hagia Sophia Belongs To All of Humanity, Amid Mosque Plans
The Basilica of Hagia Sophia was built in 537 under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and for a time, was the largest building in the world and the largest Christian church.
US Religious Freedom Commission Condemns Turkish Airstrikes
Manchin stated that the airstrikes are “particularly threatening to hundreds of traumatized Yazidi families attempting to return to Sinjar and to other civilians in northern Iraq—none of whom deserve to be placed in harm’s way by a NATO ally.”
