offensive against kurdish militia groups in northern syria the president and the pontiff are expected to focus on the controversial u.s. work of mission of jerusalem as the capital of israel which both men oppose. well despite having some common ground on jerusalem a number of tricky issues remain for the two leaders. they couldn't be more different regift tayyip erdogan on the all three tarion turkish president and pope francis known for his humor and humility but over the years both have attempted to build bridges. when the crisis erupted over moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem at zero and made a number of phone calls to the pope to get his counsel donald trump's decision led to an arrest and drew criticism around the world including from the vatican.