Pope off to Turkey, a delicate balancing act
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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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Benedict XVI wants to help restore Istanbul as the global center of  Orthodox Christianity. But the Turkish authorities worry what that  could mean for their country's secular identity
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Turkish security teams took up positions around the cities of Ankara and Istanbul on Monday, a day before Pope Benedict XVI begins his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 28 -- Pope Benedict XVI described Turkey as "a bridge between modern democracy and religion" Tuesday as he began the most important and contentious trip of his 19-month-old papacy.
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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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VATICAN CITY -- After a season of apparent policy slip-ups, Pope Benedict XVI is shuffling top advisers and bringing in veteran diplomats closely identified with Vatican policy in Iraq and the Middle East.
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Pope Benedict visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Thursday, only the second Roman Catholic Pontiff to take such a step, and prayed silently in another gesture of reconciliation to the Muslim world.
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For many in Turkey, the visiting pontiff personifies the mounting hostility they feel from Europe
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Police in Istanbul will do their utmost to ensure no harm comes to the pope when he visits the city next week, their chief said.
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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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Though eyes are on his trip home, the Pope is (gradually) launching big changes back in the Roman Curia
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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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Turkish security teams fanned out across the Turkish capital on Tuesday before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country, where he faces public anger over his remarks on violence and Islam.
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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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Christian pastor Behnan Konutgan knows a little about religious tolerance in Turkey.
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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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ANKARA, Turkey -- Pope Benedict XVI, who sparked Muslim anger in September when he quoted a 14th-century ruler's characterization of Islam as a religion spread by violence, reached further back for more conciliatory words yesterday as he began a four-day visit to Turkey, his first papal trip to a Muslim country.