Pope 'sorry' for offence to Islam
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Pope Benedict XVI says he is sorry about the offence caused by his speech referring to the Muslim faith.
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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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Pope Benedict faced a growing   chorus of demands on Tuesday for an unequivocal apology for   remarks seen as portraying Islam as a violent faith, despite   attempts by Western leaders and churchmen to defuse the crisis.
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Newspaper editorialists said that Muslims had overreacted to Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam, even if some thought they had been ill judged.
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Muslim leaders around the world accused Pope Benedict XVI of dividing religions and demanded an apology.
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The head of the world's Anglican church   stepped in to defend Pope Benedict on Monday in the face of   fury from some Islamic groups about the Roman Catholic leader's   use of a medieval quotation on Islam and violence.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  repeated on Wednesday his criticism of comments made by Pope  Benedict about Islam that sparked Muslim protests and said even  a politician would not have spoken in such a way.
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Yusuf Islam, the British singer known as Cat Stevens before his conversion to Islam, added to the criticism of Pope Benedict XVI's recent remarks about the religion.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI faced a growing chorus of demands yesterday for an unequivocal apology for remarks seen as portraying Islam as a violent faith, despite attempts by Western leaders and church officials to defuse the crisis.
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Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday praised an Italian nun for pardoning her killers as she lay dying from an attack that was may have been linked to Muslim anger over his remarks about Islam and violence.
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Pope Benedict, who drew fire from Muslims over his comments on Islam, is likely to make a hastily added stop at Istanbul's Blue Mosque on his trip to Turkey next week, the Vatican said on Saturday.
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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 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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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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By Stephen BrownVATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict told Muslims on Saturday he was sorry they had found his speech on Islam offensive, expressing his respect for their faith and hoping they would understand the "true ...
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Some commentators have described Pope Benedict's expressions of regret as close to a rare Papal apology. But how, they ask, can a man believed to have been infallible make a mistake?
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Al-Qaida in Iraq on Wednesday denounced Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey, calling it part of a "crusader campaign" against Islam. In Istanbul, Vatican officials said the remark shows the need for faiths to fight "violence in the name of God."