The Joint Declaration of Istanbul, A Landmark oin Apostasy by Atila Sinke Guimaraes

Bird’s Eye View of the News THE DECLARATION OF ISTANBUL, A LANDMARK IN APOSTASY – Pope Leo XIV’s trip to the Middle East is still unfolding in Lebanon as I write these lines. On November 27, in an atmosphere of mediocrity he arrived at Ankara, where President Recep Erdogan did not deign to receive him at the airport. Instead, Leo XIV went to the presidential palace to pay his respects to Erdogan. Then the Pope addressed the Turkish authorities and diplomatic corps in the presidential library in Ankara with less than 200 people attending – including Prelates, a number of journalists and the security guards. At Nicaea a small platform holding the Pope & very few people The next day he went to Nicaea where he prayed with Schismatic patriarch Bartholomew on a fenced platform on stilts accompanied by no more than 40 persons. The site was chosen because it was reputedly where the First Council of Nicaea took place 1700 years ago. On the 29th he visited an empty Blue Mosque. In short, the …