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  • Church questions Turkey EU role (Archbishop of Westminster steps into the fray)

    09/21/2006 3:14:52 PM PDT · by Dark Skies · 10 replies · 458+ views
    Times Online (UK) ^ | 9/22/2006 | Ruth Gledhill
    THE Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, entered the row over the Pope’s comments on Islam yesterday when he questioned whether Turkey should be admitted to the European Union. Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, spiritual leader of the four million Catholics in England and Wales, echoed concerns shared by the Pope when he argued that the predominantly Muslim state was not culturally part of Europe. The Cardinal played down the controversy over the Pope’s address in Regensburg, Germany, last week, in which he quoted the words of a Byzantine emperor who described Islam as “evil and inhuman”. But the Cardinal did say that...