B16 might visit mosque while in Turkey

At least that's the AFP buzz:

ROME (AFP) - A plan for Pope Benedict XVI to visit Istanbul's Blue Mosque is "under consideration" by the Vatican and Turkish authorities in the last days before his trip to Turkey, the Vatican said.

The pope's spokesman Federico Lombardi confirmed rumours that the Pope is considering adding the mosque to his itinerary in recognition of Turkey's majority religion.

He would likely tour the mosque on Thursday, when he is already scheduled to visit the sixth-century Byzantine Hagia Sophia Church, located a few hundred metres away.

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Benedict would be the second pope known to have visited a mosque, following John Paul II's trip to the Omeyyades mosque in Damascus.