Pope in about-face over Muslim dialogue office
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In a surprising about-face, Pope Benedict has decided to restore power and prestige to the Vatican department that oversees dialogue with Islam a year after he controversially downgraded it.
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Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims   were offended by a speech on Islam that provoked fury around   the world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic   church to apologize, an aide said on Saturday.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell finds Turks wary of the Pope's historic visit and grapples with the religious row sparked by the pontiff's speech in Bavaria.
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REGENSBURG, Germany  - Pope Benedict invited   Muslims on Tuesday to join a dialogue of cultures that agrees   the concept of Islamic "holy war" is unreasonable and against   God's nature.
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BERLIN -- Anger flared across the Islamic world yesterday over comments by Pope Benedict XVI, with Muslims from London to Jakarta assailing the pontiff for implicitly linking Islam with religious violence in a speech earlier this week.
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ISTANBUL -- A poster of a pig with the face of Pope Benedict XVI plastered to its head and a cross painted on its pink belly hinted at the fierce reception the pontiff could face in Turkey tomorrow when he kicks off his first papal trip to a Muslim country.
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ISTANBUL, Dec 4 (IPS) - Despite controversy and fears for his safety, the  first visit of Pope Benedict XVI to a Muslim nation ended with a  series of conciliatory gestures toward Islam, and towards Turkey.
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A remark by the Vatican's No. 2 about the possibility of a papal resignation has touched a raw nerve, setting off an emotional debate among some of Pope John Paul II's closest advisers.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- Pope Benedict XVI, who sparked Muslim anger in September when he quoted a 14th-century ruler's characterization of Islam as a religion spread by violence, reached further back for more conciliatory words yesterday as he began a four-day visit to Turkey, his first papal trip to a Muslim country.
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Thousands take to the streets over Benedict's remarks as the pontiff invites Muslim representatives to meet with him to quell anger
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, Sept. 25 -- Pope Benedict XVI assured Muslims on Monday that he respected them and was committed to dialogue, in an unprecedented encounter designed to defuse anger over his use of a quotation suggesting their faith was spread by the sword.
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Turkey greets Pope Benedict on Tuesday  for a four-day official visit, but the welcome will be  distinctly cool due to simmering Muslim anger over his comments  on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU ambitions.
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Leaders across the Muslim world demand the pope apologize for his remarks on Islam and jihad, unmoved by Vatican assurances that Benedict XVI only intended to point out the incompatibility between faith and war.
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Turkey greets Pope Benedict on Tuesday for a four-day official visit, but the welcome will be distinctly cool due to simmering Muslim anger over his comments on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU ambitions.
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Pope Benedict's highly sensitive visit to Turkey shifts focus toward Vatican relations with Orthodox Christianity on Thursday after his conciliatory words about Islam soothed tensions with Turkish Muslims.
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Pope Benedict XVI calls for a dialogue between Muslims and Christians as he starts a four-day visit to Turkey.
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The pope had only said he was ÂsorryÂ for the ÂreactionÂ to a speech discussing Islam last week, noted some Muslims.