Editing Bartholomew I of Constantinople (section)

=== Ecumenical dialogue ===
During his trip to Turkey in November 2006, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] traveled to Istanbul on the invitation of Bartholomew. The pope participated in the feast day services of [[St. Andrew]] the First Apostle, the patron saint of the Church of Constantinople. This was the third official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate by a pope (the first being by [[Paul VI]] in 1967, and the second by [[John Paul II]] in 1979). He attended the [[papal inauguration of Pope Francis]] on 19 March 2013, paving the way for better Catholic–Orthodox relations. It was the first time that the spiritual head of Eastern Orthodox Christians had attended a papal inauguration since the [[East–West Schism|Great Schism]] in 1054.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pope-idUSBRE92D05P20130319 |title=Pope sets tone for humbler papacy, calls for defense of the weak |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924180147/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/19/us-pope-idUSBRE92D05P20130319 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=19 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Our Eastern Brothers |first=Alton J. |last=Pelowski |journal=Columbia |date=May 2013 |pages=20–23}}</ref> After, he invited Pope Francis to travel with him to the Holy Land in 2014 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the embrace between Patriarch [[Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] and [[Pope Paul VI]]. Pope Francis was also invited to the Patriarchate for the [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] of [[Andrew the Apostle|Saint Andrew]] (30 November).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/United-against-economic-crisis-and-worldly-trends,-Bartholomew-and-Francis-to-be-in-Jerusalem-next-year-27450.html |title=United against economic crisis and "worldly trends", Bartholomew and Francis to be in Jerusalem next year |website=[[AsiaNews]] |date=20 March 2013}}</ref>

It was after more than two decades as Ecumenical Patriarch, that Bartholomew was the target of an assassination plot which was planned to take place on 29 May 2013. One suspect was arrested and there is an ongoing search for two others.<ref name="Kaya">{{Cite news |last=Kaya |first=Bayram |date=10 May 2013 |title=One arrested as plot to assassinate Patriarch Bartholomew uncovered |newspaper=[[Zaman (newspaper)|Zaman]] |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-315022-one-arrested-as-plot-to-assasinate-patriarch-bartholomew-uncovered.html |url-status=dead |access-date=10 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510174058/http://todayszaman.com/news-315022-one-arrested-as-plot-to-assasinate-patriarch-bartholomew-uncovered.html |archive-date=10 May 2013}}</ref>