In addition to its 2,000-year Christian history, Malta is characterized by soft, golden rock. Like Jesus rising from the tomb, cave churches arose from the people's love and fervor.
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ISTANBUL (RNS) Though he has allowed new houses of worship to be built and old ones to be reopened, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needs to do more, observers say, to restore respect for a truly pluralistic society as much as for church property.