Execution an Affront to Idea of "Muslim Mercy," Says Cardinal
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LONDON, NOV. 17, 2004 ( Zenit.org ).- Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor received with "sadness and horror" the news of the killing of aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was kidnapped Oct.
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ISTANBUL -- Turkey's top Islamic cleric asked Pope Benedict XVI yesterday to take back recent remarks he made about Islam and unleashed a string of counteraccusations against Christianity, raising tensions before the pontiff's November visit -- his first to a Muslim country.
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Following a wave of protests against   Pope Benedict's remarks on Islam, Muslim intellectuals in   Turkey are asking what he really thinks about their faith and   what long-term consequences his views will have.
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Leaders across the Muslim world demand the pope apologize for his remarks on Islam and jihad, unmoved by Vatican assurances that Benedict XVI only intended to point out the incompatibility between faith and war.
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The top Vatican cardinal in charge of relations with Jews on Thursday denied a new prayer for their conversion was offensive and said Catholics had the right to pray as they wish.
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Pope Benedict XVI came under a hail of criticism from the Islamic world Friday for comments he made earlier in the week in Germany regarding the Prophet Mohammed and the Muslim faith.
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A senior Vatican cardinal says there is an anti-Catholic &quot;inquisition&quot; in Europe, evidenced in the controversy over the remarks of Rocco Buttiglione.
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A senior Iranian cleric said on Friday   that Pope Benedict's recent remarks that angered Muslims were   an "act of madness" and said the leader of the Catholic Church   had "disgraced himself."
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The murder of Paul Quinn was a barbaric deed which was evil and inexcusable, Archbishop Sean Brady says.
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A top Vatican cardinal on Monday assailed what he called attempts to silence the Roman Catholic Church on issues of gender and marriage, blaming "powerful cultural, economic and political lobbies."
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Coming days after Archbishop's comments, judgment could have profound consequences for British Muslims
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The gesture of good will, a reversal of his position, was aimed at blunting Muslim anger toward him.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict told Muslim   envoys on Monday that Christian and Muslim believers must   reject violence, in an audience meant to defuse anger at his   use of quotes saying Islam was spread by the sword.
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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 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 XVI, who has been harshly criticized by Muslims for his remarks about Islam, said Thursday that true tolerance must be based on respect, and that the Catholic Church is not trying to impose its message on anybody.
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Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday that he is "deeply sorry" about the reaction in some countries to a recent speech in which he quoted a 14th-century Byzantine emperor as saying that the prophet Muhammad brought "only evil and inhuman" things to the world.