Pope Faces First Crisis as Muslim Outcry Grows
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Muslim leaders around the world accused Pope Benedict XVI of dividing religions and demanded an apology.
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Leaders across the Muslim world demanded Pope Benedict XVI apologize for his remarks on Islam and jihad, unmoved by the Vatican's assurances that he meant only to emphasize the incompatibility between faith and ...
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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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The Pope's latest illness has forced the Vatican to face new questions and may even provoke a constitutional crisis.
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Muslim leaders around the world accused Pope Benedict XVI of dividing religions in comments he made Tuesday about Islam.
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Vatican relations with the Islamic world must be restarted from square one because Muslims insist on misinterpreting Pope Benedict's recent comments on Islam, Germany's top Catholic cardinal said in an article on Wednesday.
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Religious and political leaders say that there is a crisis in Islam because too many fatwas are being issued.
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Criticism against Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam escalated Saturday with the firebombing of two West Bank churches.
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Pope Benedict's comments about Islam   could hurt religious harmony, government and religious leaders   in the world's most populous Muslim countries, Indonesia and   Pakistan, said on Friday.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 26 -- Thousands of chanting, flag-waving protesters on Sunday denounced Pope Benedict XVI as anti-Islamic, demanding that he cancel a trip to Turkey this week that the Vatican hopes will help mend relations between the pontiff and Muslims.
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Pope Benedict said on Sunday he   was deeply sorry Muslims had been offended by his use of a   medieval quotation on Islam and violence, but failed to quell   the fury of some Islamic groups demanding a full apology.
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Pope Benedict tried on Sunday to   calm Muslim anger at his remarks on Islam, saying he was   "deeply sorry" about the reaction and that medieval quotes he   used on holy war did not reflect his personal views.
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A meeting between Catholics and Muslims is planned in Rome this spring to start a dialogue between the faiths after relations were soured by Pope Benedict XVI's 2006 comments about Islam and holy war, Vatican officials said.
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An organization of 56 Islamic   nations pressed Pope Benedict on Tuesday to apologize for his   comments linking Muslims and violence, keeping alive a   two-week-old controversy.
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On the eve of his much-anticipated trip to Turkey, Benedict XVI hosted the Archbishop of Canterbury and got a glimpse of the perils of running a worldwide religion like a democracy
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The inclusion of prayers calling for conversions has led to sharp criticism of the Vatican.
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Tens of thousands of protesters denounced Pope Benedict XVI as an enemy of Islam at a rally Sunday that underlined deep divisions straining Turkey ahead of the pontiff's visit this week.