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Why did Pope Paul III urge Charles V and Francis I to fight the Ottoman Turks?
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Paul III, contemporary medallion; in the coin collection of the Vatican Library.
Pope Paul III urged Emperor Charles V and King Francis I to cease their ongoing wars and redirect their military forces against the Ottoman Turks because the Turks posed a direct threat to the coasts of Italy and to the outposts of Christendom in the East.1