Pope seeks Christian-Muslim dialogue in Turkey
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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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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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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 XVI faces a delicate balancing act in Turkey as he tries to improve Christian-Muslim ties.
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ISTANBUL -- Pope Benedict XVI was greeted in Turkey with a lecture on how the Christian West scorns Islam. He left yesterday with Istanbul's chief Islamic cleric speaking lyrically of better days ahead between the faiths.
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Pope Benedict starts one of the most delicate trips ever made by a pontiff on Tuesday when he travels to Turkey to face simmering anger sparked by his comments on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU bid.
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Pope Benedict XVI is meeting at this hour with ambassadors from Muslim nations and other Islamic leaders at his summer residence in an effort to repair relations following controversial comments he made earlier in the month. About 20 ambassadors are attending the meeting.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  urged the European Union on Thursday to open its doors to  non-Christians after French President Jacques Chirac made a  vibrant appeal to bring Turkey into the EU.
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Pope Benedict XVI is to visit a famous Turkish mosque in what is seen as a goodwill gesture to Muslims.
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Employees of the state body that   organizes Muslim worship in Turkey asked the authorities on   Tuesday to open legal proceedings against Pope Benedict and to   arrest him when he visits the country in November.
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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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Pope Benedict XVI has invited ambassadors from Muslim nations to meet him on Monday in a bid to calm anger over his use of a medieval text saying their religion was spread by violence.
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Turks praised Pope Benedict on  Wednesday for moves to bridge the divide between Christians and  Muslims as he began the part of his Turkey trip that is devoted  to Christian issues.
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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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The Pope is to meet Muslim nations' envoys in an attempt to defuse a row between the Catholic Church 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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Turkey's top Muslim official said on Thursday Pope Benedict should state clearly during a planned visit to Turkey next week he believes Islam, like Christianity, to be a religion of peace.