I watched CBS's 60-Minutes last night where they inteviewed His All Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew - leader of the world's 300 Million Orthodox Christians.
I think it was about time the spotlight had been shed on such a blatant disregard of religious freedom by Turkey, a country wanting to join the European Union. I wanted to make a few comments: 1) the Ecumenical Patriarch received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997; 2) I was hoping that 60 minutes would interview Turkish government officials directly and inquire what their reasoning is to keeping the Halki school closed. 3) No mention was made of the several attempts by the Turkish terrorist group the Grey Wolves to assasinate the Patriarchate 4) President Obama as well as previous presidents bring this issue to the attention of visiting Turkish officials every time they visit, but it falls on deaf ears.
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