This is the Vatican's first reaction to Turkey's decision that has drawn international criticism.
IN HAGIA SOFIA. In this file photo, Pope Francis visits the Hagia Sophia Mosque on November 29, 2014 in Istanbul. Photo by Filippo Monteforte/AFP
A magnet for tourists worldwide, the Hagia Sophia was first constructed as a cathedral in the Christian Byzantine Empire but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453.
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