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Turkish Police stand guard outside the scene of an armed attack at a Catholic Church in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 28, 2024. Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN

Victim of Istanbul Attack was a Muslim Who Often Went to Catholic Mass

Jan 31, 2024

The sole victim of Sunday’s attack on a Catholic church in Istanbul was a Muslim man who regularly attended Mass, according to his relatives.

The scene outside a Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey, where a reported armed attack took place on Jan. 28, 2024. | Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN

One Person Killed in Shooting at Catholic Church in Istanbul, Manhunt Underway

Jan 28, 2024

Bishop Massimiliano Palinuro, the apostolic vicar of Istanbul, told EWTN News on Jan. 28 that a parishioner was killed “during the consecration” in the attack on Santa Maria Church in Istanbul’s Sariyer district.

The apse of the 700-year-old Chora Church in Istanbul, Turkey. / Dosseman (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Turkey Turns Second Historic Istanbul Church into Mosque

Aug 22, 2020

A month after the former cathedral Hagia Sophia was converted from a museum into a mosque, another Istanbul church-museum, renowned for its exquisite Byzantine mosaics, will undergo the same transformation.

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