Aim of Papal visit was to mend fences
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After Pope Benedict XVI infuriated the Islamic world with his remarks on holy war, Vatican officials scrambled to save his planned trip to predominantly Muslim Turkey. Two months later, there was the German pontiff on Thursday not only visiting Istanbul but praying beside an imam in the city's famous Blue Mosque.
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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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The Vatican used the stage of   the United Nations on Wednesday to try to make amends for   remarks by Pope Benedict that drew fury from Muslims worldwide.
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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 will make his first trip to the United States next spring in a visit that will likely try to heal some of the wounds caused by recent sexual abuse scandals.
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Pope Benedict, pursuing a journey of fence-mending with Islam and Turkey, on Wednesday pays tribute to one of Christianity's most revered sites before heading to Istanbul, city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict assured   Muslims on Monday that he respected them and was committed to   dialogue as he met envoys to defuse anger at his use of quotes   saying their faith was spread by violence.
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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 John Paul, attempting to mend relations with Orthodox Christians, on Saturday returned the remains of two of their most prominent saints 800 years after Crusaders snatched sacred relics from Constantinople.
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The Vatican used the stage of  the United Nations on Wednesday to try to make amends for  remarks by Pope Benedict that drew fury from Muslims worldwide.
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Pope Benedict should use a planned trip   to Turkey in November to rebuild ties with the Muslim world,   badly strained by his comments that portrayed Islam as a   religion tainted by violence, analysts say.
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Pope Benedict XVIÂs visit to Turkey in late November is likely to be a flash point for a surprisingly broad array of issues.
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Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday his visit to Turkey is aimed at promoting dialogue and bridging differences, shortly before departing from a Rome airport on his first trip as pontiff to a predominantly Muslim country.
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The president sought to mend fences while unambiguously re-embracing a course that most Canadians have condemned.
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A meeting with Muslim diplomats Monday was Pope Benedict XVI's latest effort to mend relations after remarks about Islam and violence that ignited the Vatican's most serious international crisis in decades.
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Pope Benedict XVI faces a delicate balancing act in Turkey as he tries to improve Christian-Muslim ties.