Pope off to Turkey, a delicate balancing act
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Pope Benedict sets off on Tuesday on one of the most delicate trips by a Pontiff, visiting Turkey, where resentment is seething over his comments on Islam and opposition to Ankara's EU bid.
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Pope Benedict XVI has met Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Turkey, on the second day of a landmark visit. Send your views.
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In Turkey, Pope Benedict XVI supported Turkey's bid to enter the European Union and visited a key mosque.
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Analysis: Benedict's words and gestures in Turkey, including a visit to a mosque, reveal a man who is finding his footing but still has a long way to go
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Pope Benedict began a highly charged visit to mostly Muslim Turkey on Tuesday hoping his calls for understanding between religions would soothe anger over his recent comments seen here as insulting to Islam.
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Turkey's PM Erdogan changes plans in order to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Ankara on Tuesday.
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Turkey is navigating a treacherous path between the forces that want to pull it closer toward Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Pope John Paul's health has  stabilized recently, so much so that the Pontiff has expressed  a desire to make at least two major trips abroad next year,  including one to Northern Ireland.
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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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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 XVI said Sunday that his recent trip to Turkey was an "unforgettable" experience that he hoped would lead to dialogue with Muslims. However, some Islamic leaders said the pope had not sufficiently made amends for his September remarks on Islam and violence.
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Some of the strongest words came from Turkey, possibly putting in jeopardy Pope Benedict XVIÂs scheduled visit there in November.
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Pope Benedict told Turkey on Tuesday he  backed its bid to join the European Union and believed Islam  was a religion of peace, hoping to soothe rows overshadowing a  delicate visit to the mainly Muslim country.
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ISTANBUL -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey today, a change of plans that appears to signal openness to a visit that has angered many Turks.
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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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Pope Benedict XVI's challenge to secularism has been met with receptivity during his German visit.
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LORETO, Italy  - A frail Pope John Paul travelled to a hilltop shrine near the Adriatic Sea on Sunday, putting three more Catholics on the road to sainthood during an open-air mass attended by some 200,000 pilgrims.