Pope, UNESCO reject Turkey’s transformation of Hagia Sophia into mosque
“My thoughts go to Istanbul. I think of Santa Sophia. and I am very pained,” Pope Francis said during his weekly blessing Sunday in St. Peter’s Square.
Pope Francis celebrates the Mass of Saint Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, June 29, 2020.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
