Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Turks can hardly wait for Pope’s visit

Always open for what they will perceive to be a good inflammatory remark or two, Muslim Turks are anxiously awaiting the Pope’s four-day visit to Turkey beginning today. Vatican sources report that the Pope is getting pretty anxious about it, too.



Pope Benedict XVI, well-known the Muslim world over for his rather dry theological dissertations, one of which having actually included a quote from an obscure 14th century Christian emperor which might have implied that there could possibly maybe somehow be a connection between Islam and violence, is actually visiting Turkey to try and heal a rift between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church, but nobody seems to care about that for some reason.

Spokesmen for Muslim Turks say that despite the recent spat, they will definitely be seeking dialogue with the German Pope. They will be monitoring his every word, however, some possibly even through the scopes of high-powered rifles.

It is unclear as to whether the Pope will be visiting Istanbul’s famous Blue Mosque with Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew or not, but other gestures of reconciliation to the Eastern Orthodox Church are definitely planned. One unconfirmed report claims, for instance, that the Pope will publicly suggest renaming Istanbul to Constantinople again.

Meine Damen und Herren, liebe Türken…

Kommentare auf Deutsch? Klar. 


PS: And speaking of holiness… Yikes, Joe!
Posted by clarsonimus at 07:05:40 | Permanent Link | Comments (8) |
Comments
1 2
1 - " there could possibly maybe somehow be a connection between Islam and violence"
Nah...;-) that's just hearsay. (Comment this)

Written by: jboy at 2006/11/28 - 08:47:39
2 - "they will definitely be seeking dialogue with the German Pope"

Just as an aside: why do you have to stress the fact that he's German? Would you have ever written the "Polish Pope" about JP2? Does B16's Germanness have any relevance for the topic you're discussing here?

 (Comment this)

Written by: Ritze at 2006/11/28 - 13:58:27
3 - Well Ritze, actually yes. If he weren't German, I wouldn't have mentioned it. Although he's not really German anymore (he's been promoted?), these are all supposed to be posts about Germany, more or less. (Comment this)

Written by: clarsonimus at 2006/11/28 - 15:30:56 in reply to: 2
4 - As we say here in California, "That post was hella funny!" (Comment this)

Written by: Miss Carnivorous at 2006/11/28 - 18:20:51
5 - Hee!

And an aside: yes, people referred to him incessently as the "Polish pope" Machs nicht gern? (Comment this)

Written by: Joe Noory at 2006/11/29 - 02:53:18
Write a comment






1 2