Why the Pope is going to Nicaea, Turkey, on his first foreign visit?

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Due_Newspaper4237@reddit

The Pope chose İznik for his first visit because it is locus sacratissimus , the holy place of the First Ecumenical Council. For us, it’s where the Church once spoke with one heart (una voce) and defined the faith. Coming here is a sign of unity and peace, a reminder that the Spiritus Sanctus still guides the Church. That’s why Turkey is first.

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Archaeopteryx111@reddit

Are you Christian?

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Due_Newspaper4237@reddit

Deo gratias , I am a Christian.

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Archaeopteryx111@reddit

Welcome, brother. Is it hard in Turkey? ☦️✝️

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Due_Newspaper4237@reddit

Thank you brother ✝️. It’s a bit difficult, but with faith there is no hardship that cannot be overcome.

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Extreme_Put_913@reddit

What denomination if you don't mind me asking?

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Due_Newspaper4237@reddit

I am Catholic.

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Extreme_Put_913@reddit

As a Turk who grew up in the US I was always interested in Christianity among Turks. I think you're the first Catholic Turk I've met(online)

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Archaeopteryx111@reddit

Are you Christian too?

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Extreme_Put_913@reddit

No but I grew up in the US and was basically raised among Catholic Italians and Irish. But Christian history in Turkey was always a subject that fascinated me

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Titanius_Angelsmyth@reddit

respect!

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Titanius_Angelsmyth@reddit

Respect!

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Archaeopteryx111@reddit

True, visit Romania if you get the chance!

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Due_Newspaper4237@reddit

I'm already thinking about traveling through the Balkans this coming summer, I hope it works out :)

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Archaeopteryx111@reddit

That sounds lovely.

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aocayli@reddit

TIL Christians say elhamdülillah in Latin.

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OldSkoolHunter@reddit

Only Catholics do and I doubt the guy you replied to is catholic hiristiyan Which makes it cringy and larpy as fuck, as if there isn’t a similar word closer to that saying’s meaning in his own language.

Ulkenin her seyi, her kesimi kalitesiz.

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VitaNueva@reddit

Que Dios te bendiga

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OldSkoolHunter@reddit

Hijacking this hi ranked comment to add

The post-Judaic cult of C-Hristianity is evolved into a separate religion in the First Council of Nicaea, with wise men deciding on which human-written book should be the BibleTM, because the failing Roman Empire needed a melting pot to unify her people and the nationalism schtick wasn't working.

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bl00dintheink@reddit

Youre gay

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FantasticQuartet@reddit

It's Thanksgiving in America and they like turkey.

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i_getitin@reddit

Not according to Vance ..

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desertedlamp4@reddit

I like how y'all are so cynical about it, in Turkey secularists are speculating it's a secret mission to convert the nation to Christianity

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satellizerLB@reddit

My parents live in İznik and already I can feel the Christianity growing inside me. It's only a matter of time before I quit my heretical atheistic ways /s

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kodial79@reddit

Yup, this is the correct answer.

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Lothronion@reddit

It is not well know that the Pilgrims were cannibals! /s

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Stverghame@reddit

This is the fact

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-Passenger-@reddit

i'll accept this as the truth

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Danksy777@reddit

He is American so he wants to get shot at so he can whip out his gun and shoot assailant back

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OldSkoolHunter@reddit

The post-Judaic cult of C-Hristianity is evolved into a separate religion in the First Council of Nicaea, because the failing Roman Empire needed a melting pot to unify her people and the nationalism schtick wasn't working.

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