Pope makes further Muslim-Christian gesture
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EFES, Turkey  - Turkey on Wednesday praised the conciliatory tone of Pope Benedict during his visit to the predominantly Muslim country and his apparent new support for Ankara's bid to join the European Union.
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Many non-Muslims, though, said they were glad the pope spoke out about violence and Islam.
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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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Pope Benedict XVI pressed ahead with his appeals for a unified church Thursday as he a celebrated a Mass in St. Peter&#039;s Basilica attended by a delegation of Orthodox Christians.
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Pope Benedict left on Tuesday for a delicate four-day trip to Turkey, saying his visit would be an opportunity for reconciliation and dialogue between Christians and Muslims.
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Muslim diplomats were meeting Monday with Pope Benedict XVI in the pontiff's latest effort to mend relations after his remarks about Islam and violence ignited the Vatican's most serious international crisis in decades.
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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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Pope Benedict wound up a fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise from the local press for visiting Istanbul's Blue Mosque and praying toward Mecca "like Muslims".
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Pope Benedict visited Istanbul's Blue  Mosque on Thursday and appeared to pray alongside an Islamic  cleric during the visit that made him only the second Roman  Catholic Pontiff to enter a mosque.
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Pope Benedict's tour of Turkey winds up on Friday looking like an across-the-board success for his effort to repair battered relations with Turkey's Muslims.
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Pope Benedict ended a sensitive,  fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise for  visiting Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque and praying there facing  toward Mecca "like Muslims."
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict said on   Monday that Christians and Muslims must reject violence, in an   unprecedented meeting with Islamic envoys to defuse anger at   his use of quotes saying their faith was spread by the sword.
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Pope Benedict XVI has invited representatives of Muslim countries to meet next week at his summer residence, the Vatican said Friday.
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Pope Benedict has decided to keep limbo in limbo a little longer.
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Pope Benedict visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Thursday and appeared to pray alongside an Islamic cleric during the visit that made him only the second Roman Catholic Pontiff to enter a mosque.
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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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ISTANBUL, Nov. 30 -- Pope Benedict XVI slipped out of his red Prada loafers and padded in white slippered feet across the carpeted floor of Istanbul's revered Blue Mosque on Thursday, in only the second papal visit ever to a Muslim house of worship.