Paparoma Leo na 14 ya ziyarci masallacin Sultan Ahmed na Istanbul – wanda aka fi sani da Blue Mosque – a ziyararsa ta farko a wurin ibadar musulmi tun bayan hawansa karagar mulki a watan Mayu.
An ga Pontiff yana ruku’u a lokacin da ya shiga ginin, amma an ce bai yi salla a masallacin ba, kamar yadda magabata biyu suka yi.
A cikin wata sanarwa da fadar ta Vatican ta fitar ta ce, Leo ya gudanar da rangadin ne “cikin tunani da sauraro, tare da mutunta wurin da kuma imanin wadanda suka taru a wurin da addu’a.”
Paparoman na ziyarar kwanaki hudu a Turkiyya, inda zai ziyarci kasar Lebanon.
Daga baya shugaban Cocin Orthodox na Gabashin Katolika, Patriarch Bartholomew ya tarbe shi zuwa cocin St George’s Cathedral da ke Istanbul.
An ambaci sunan Masallacin Blue ga Sultan Ahmed I, shugaban daular Usmaniyya daga 1603 zuwa 1617, wanda ya kula da gininsa.
An yi masa ado da dubban fale-falen yumbu masu shuɗi da turquoise kuma yana karɓar miliyoyin baƙi kowace shekara.
Paparoma Francis ya yi addu’a a can a shekara ta 2014, kuma Paparoma Benedict na 16 ya yi hakan a shekara ta 2006.
Fafaroma na farko da ya fara shiga masallaci a hukumance shi ne John Paul II, wanda ya kafa tarihi a lokacin da ya ziyarci masallacin Umayyawa da ke Damascus a shekara ta 2001.
Marigayi Fafaroma Francis ne ya shirya ziyarar Paparoma a Turkiyya da Lebanon, amma takenta na gina gadoji ya samu karbuwa daga Paparoma Leo tun lokacin da ya hau barandar St Peter’s Basilica bayan zabensa a watan Mayu.
A farkon tafiyar tasa, ya yi gargadin cewa kada duniya ta shiga cikin “matsayin rikici a matakin duniya”, ya kara da cewa “makomar bil’adama tana cikin hadari”
A Lebanon – inda aka kiyasta kashi uku na kasar Kirista ne – ana sa ran zai gana da wasu shugabannin addinai kuma ya ji ta bakin matasa.
A rana ta ƙarshe ta wannan tafiya, zai yi bikin Sallah a mashigar ruwan Beirut a wurin da fashewar tashar jiragen ruwa ta 2020, inda ya yi addu’a ga mutane fiye da 200 da suka mutu, wasu 7,000 kuma suka jikkata.
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