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World Council of Churches expresses dismay over Hagia Sophia

| July 13, 2020 12:03 AM

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The interim secretary general of the World Council of Churches has written to Turkey's president expressing his “grief and dismay” over Turkey's decision to change the status of Istanbul's landmark Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque.

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