” “The leader of the Catholic Church next to the Mufti of Istanbul, praying together in the Blue Mosque: this is the image that is most often used and commented today by the world’s mass media dealing with Benedict XVI’s visit to Turkey. The Pope "holding out his hand to Islam", the West and the East "meeting each other", are commented by the German, Swiss, British papers. The French paper "Le Monde" widely covers the subject in both its paper copies and on its website, highlighting that "Benedict XVI is the second Pope in history to enter in a Muslim place of worship after John Paul II". The TV station "Euronews", promoted by the European Union, screens reportages about it all the time in its newscasts (translated into six languages). The press agencies give a different type of attention to the event, with more information being provided by France Presse than by Reuters. However news about the Pope’s journey have, most often than not, left the European headlines and been moved to the inner sections: this applies for instance to the French-speaking Belgian paper "Le Soir", the Flemish "De Volkskrant", the Spanish "El Mundo" and "El Pais", the "Financial Times" and the German "Süddeutsche Zeitung". Reference to the event is made in the headline of "The Wall Street Journal".” “
