Celebrations for year of St Paul begin in Tarsus
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
... are allowed to worship there, but must not leave anything in the building. Germany's Cardinal Joachim Meisner has called for the construction of a Christian church and a pilgrim centre in Tarsus, but the Turkish government has not replied. "Whoever comes here should visit us as a pilgrim and not a tourist," said Bishop Luigi Padovese, who is responsible for the region's Catholics....
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