Pope receives Muslim religious leader from the Turkish North

Groucho



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07/06/2010 11:25

NICOSIA, Cyprus — A day after Cypriot religious and political leaders lashed out at Turkey, whose troops have occupied northern Cyprus since 1974, Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday met briefly with a Muslim religious leader from the Turkish North.

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The pope exchanged greetings for several minutes with the leader, Sheik Mehmet Nazim Adil, 88, a Sufi, outside the Vatican’s embassy to Cyprus.

Groucho



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07/06/2010 11:46

PAPHOS, Cyprus — In the presence of Pope Benedict XVI, Cypriot religious and political leaders unleashed a furious broadside on Friday against Turkey, whose troops have occupied northern Cyprus since 1974.



Pope Benedict XVI was accompanied by Archbishop Chrysostomos II, to his left, during a ceremony in the coastal town of Paphos on Friday.



Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the leader of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, accused Turkey of an “obscure plan” to take over the entire island and called for the pope’s “active cooperation” in resolving the longstanding dispute.



The two sides have resumed peace talks after a lull, and President Demetris Christofias seized on Benedict’s visit — the first by a pope — to say, “Cyprus is in need of your words of peace, given the difficult situation it faces in its occupied territory.”

elko2



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Message Posted:
07/06/2010 11:54

they have a cheek. Pope invited the official religiou leader from TRNC and the GCs kept him waiting for half an hour to check his papers and then it was too late for the appointment. They hae no respect for any body.

ismet