turkish government – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:23:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Turkish government denies Christian request for church in Tarsus https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2009/08/12/turkish-government-denies-christian-request-for-church-in-tarsus/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2009/08/12/turkish-government-denies-christian-request-for-church-in-tarsus/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2847 VATICAN CITY (CNS) Despite a personal request from Pope Benedict XVI and repeated requests by Christian leaders in Turkey, the Turkish government has decided that the only church in Tarsus, the city of St Paul’s birth, will remain a government museum. The Church of St. Paul, built as a Catholic church in the 1800s and

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