A Catholic Life: Pope Benedict XVI visits Aya Sofya
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI visits Aya Sofya

Today Pope Benedict XVI visited the sixth century Byzantine monument St. Sofia (Aya Sofya), which was once a Church in the Byzantine Era that was converted to a mosque by the Ottman Empire. Today it is a museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

Photo of Pope Benedict XVI blessing a child as he visits the museum:


Tolga Adanali/Pool/Reuters

1 comment(s):

del_button December 1, 2006 at 10:22 AM
EC Gefroh said...

It was interesting to see the different spelling for Hagia Sofia. The first time I had heard about this magnificent building was in art history class.

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