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in so many places today. Closest to here we remember and seek the
mercy of Christ and intercession of the Blessed Mother on Syria, espe-
cially for His Eminence Metropolitan Yohanna Ibrahim of Aleppo of
the Syrian Patriarchate of Antioch, and His Eminence Metropolitan
Boulos Yazigi of Aleppo and Alexandrette of the Greek Orthodox Patri-
archate of Antioch, for whom we pray daily. You yourself have been an
example of peace and reconciliation, politically, with the natural world
and in your historic visit for the installation of His Holiness Pope Fran-
cis I.

Istanbul is at the crossroads between Europe and Asia. It is the
place where two great faiths meet. Its signi?cance for trade is enormous
and continues to remind us of Turkey’s importance as an industrial and
commercial nation. Commerce and trade may be objects of greed, but
may in the Grace of God open the way to dialogue between nations.

Your All Holiness, my distinguished predecessors, Archbishop
Robert Runcie in 1982, Archbishop George Carey in 1992 and Arch-

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