Germany's President Urges Turks To Give More Religious Freedom To Christians

According to Today's Zaman, Germany's president, Christian Wulff, on an official trip to Turkey has used two events to urge more freedom of religion for Christians in Turkey.  Both in remarks to the Turkish Parliament in Ankara on Wednesday and at a mass held in the historic St. Paul Church in Tarsus-- now a museum-- Wulff urged legal changes to assure full religious freedom for Christians.  At Tarsus, he emphasized the need to reopen the Halki seminary on Heybeliada so Christian clergy can be educated in the country. Recently Turkey has allowed Christians to hold Mass at two historic churches.