Pope faces dual tests in Turkey
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Ever since Pope Benedict XVI wandered into the religious crossfire between Islam and the West, the Vatican has been busy trying to retreat to calmer ground.
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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.
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Pope Benedict XVI began his pilgrimage among Turkey's tiny Christian communities Wednesday by paying homage to an Italian priest slain during Islamic protests and expressing sympathy for the pressures facing religious minorities in the Muslim world.
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Pope Benedict visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Thursday, only the second Roman Catholic Pontiff to take such a step, in what was seen as another dramatic gesture of reconciliation to the Muslim world.
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ISTANBUL -- A poster of a pig with the face of Pope Benedict XVI plastered to its head and a cross painted on its pink belly hinted at the fierce reception the pontiff could face in Turkey tomorrow when he kicks off his first papal trip to a Muslim country.
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No moment of Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip may be as closely watched as his walk through the majestic Haghia Sophia, a domed complex whose history spans Istanbul's stormy evolution from Christianity to Islam.
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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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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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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has changed his plans and will meet Pope Benedict XVI in Turkey on Tuesday, the Vatican said.
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Leaders across the Muslim world are furious over Benedict's provocative comments, and now his first trip to a Muslim country, soon planned for Turkey, may be in jeopardy as a result
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Pope Benedict and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians said on Thursday minority rights must be protected as the EU expands and appeared to jointly support Turkish membership if it protected religious liberties.
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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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EFES, Turkey  - 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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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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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.
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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 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.