Hey everybody welcome back to another episode of the Catholic talk show today we're going to be talking about the Hagia Sophia and how it's being turned into a mosque again

Yeah, we're going to look at the recent unfortunate decision from the Turkish courts that allows the Hagia Sophia to be turned back into a mosque.

We're going to look at the history of the Hagia Sophia from its construction to its importance in world events and the fall of the Hagia to the Turkish forces.

As Pope Francis recently expressed the sentiments of sadness, This is certainly a sad day and you know reflecting on the

beautiful history of Hagia. We have a great friend with us again, Steve, and I think it's time to really talk deeply about the pains

of what this means. So, All right, welcome back. Really excited about this episode.

It's definitely something that needs to be covered

Especially recently with the news and everything about it turning into a mosque

We've got Steve Widenkov with us. Thanks again Steve for being here a

we've got Steve Widenkov with us. Thanks again, Steve, for being here. Steve is a historian, a church historian,

and a professor at Christendom College in Virginia.

Steve, thanks for joining us. Yeah, thanks Ryan. Chris did him College in Virginia.

Steve, thanks for joining us.

Yeah, thanks Ryan, Ryan, Father.

Good to see you guys again.

Thanks for me on the show.

This is Steve's.

We're doing this again remotely,

and so, you know, just bear with the audio and the Zoom calls for now but definitely a topic that we want to tackle today.

Now this is Steve's third appearance on the show which makes him the our most invited

guests that we've ever had so really Steve we appreciate it because the

accuracy and the insight that you can give us into the historicity of the Hagia is a really important

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