Cardinal conveys Catholic Church's remorse for 4th Crusade
Jan 13, 2005
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos received a Roman Catholic Church delegation here on Tuesday, headed by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, the Archbishop of Lyon, and Cardinal Gerard Daucourt, on a day marking the dour 800-year anniversary of Constantinoples sacking during the Fourth Crusade.
(ISTANBUL - ANA A. Kourkoulas, 13/04/2004) We remember this day after exactly 800 years with the presence of a new cardinal of the Catholic Church, Philippe Barbarin, who with the approval of his ecclesiastical superiors (Vatican) arrived for the 800th anniversary of that abominable day to express with his presence and words the remorse that our brothers in the West feel; their sorrow for the things that occurred, and to request forgiveness, stressing that this evil example they gave should not be imitated or followed by anyone, Vartholomeos said after receiving the Catholic delegation at the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
Earlier, at the cathedral of Aghios Georgios (St. George), Cardinal Barbarin said the Fourth Crusade was a “deep wound” that the Christians of the West inflicted upon their brothers in the City (Constantinople). “We must entrust this irrevocable insult to the mercy of God,” he added.
Cardinal conveys Catholic Church's remorse for 4th Crusade