” “Unfortunately, underlined the bishop, "I had no response as yet with respect to a few requests of mine, submitted to the government and the city authorities in relation to the opportunity of changing the current Museum-Church of St Paul into a church open to all Christians. Moreover, I had no answer concerning the creation of a sufficient area, with facilities, to welcome pilgrims. In Tarso, I remember, there is nothing but a room adjacent to the Museum-Church. We need a church where believers and pilgrims can always feel at home and pray". But something is going on in this respect, too: "I know that a commission arrived in Ankara to study the things to be done", said Msgr. Padovese, hoping for a "higher collaboration by the state and local authorities with the Church, to better promote this bimillenary, which is meant to draw the attention of the Church to the Christian minority in Turkey. However, it will also be a unique opportunity for the whole country". ” ” ” ” ” “
