Unbelievable post. Thanks.
Say a prayer for him today. I am sure that you are aware of this, but the real purpose of Pope Benedict XVI's visit is not an outreach to Islam on the part of the Catholic Church. He is there to confer with Eastern Catholic Patriarch Bartholomew, whose Seat is in Istanbul.
Further clarification: The idea that the Pope was going to Turkey to build bridges with Islam is a construct of the clown car media. He's not visiting a Muslim nation for novelty's sake.