Pope set to meet Muslims
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Pope Benedict meets Muslim   ambassadors and Italian Islamic leaders later on Monday in an   unprecedented move to try to defuse anger over his use of a   medieval text which says their religion was spread by violence.
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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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The Pope was due on Sunday to make   his first public appearance since Muslim fury erupted over   remarks he made about Islam, with pressure growing for a   personal apology.
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The parents of abducted Madeleine McCann meet the Pope at a general audience in Rome.
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Pope Benedict, pursuing a journey of fence-mending with Islam and Turkey, on Wednesday pays tribute to one of Christianity's most revered sites before heading to Istanbul, city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
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Protestant Prime Minister Tony Blair is due to meet Pope Benedict XVI before he leaves office next week in what media say involves his preparations for converting to Roman Catholicism.
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Turkey's PM Erdogan changes plans in order to meet Pope Benedict XVI in Ankara on Tuesday.
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf began a three-day visit to Italy during which he was expected to discuss global terrorism and meet Pope John Paul II.
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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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Snipers and police security teams took up positions around Ankara airport as Pope Benedict XVI arrived for his first visit to a Muslim country. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shook hands with the pope at the foot of the plane. But dozens of Turks demonstrated against the pope, denouncing his visit to Turkey and saying he was not welcome.
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Pope Benedict XVI has met Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Turkey, on the second day of a landmark visit. Send your views.
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Outgoing PM will travel to the Vatican to meet the Pope in preparation for his conversion.
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Turkey prepared a muted welcome for Pope Benedict on Tuesday as the pontiff embarked on a highly sensitive visit to a mostly Muslim country still smarting from controversial comments he made about Islam.
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With his blunt talk on Islam, Benedict XVI is altering the debate between the Muslim world and the West. On the eve of his visit to Turkey, TIME looks at the roots of the Pope's views-and how they may define his place in history
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Foreign ministers of seven Muslim countries and the chief of the Organization of the Islamic Conference will meet in Pakistan this weekend to prepare for an Islamic summit aimed at ending turbulence in the Middle East.
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Pope Benedict XVI is due to begin a four-day visit to Turkey, amid protests against recent comments about Islam.
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Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that his recent trip to Turkey was an "unforgettable" experience that he hoped would lead to dialogue with Muslims. However, some Islamic leaders said the pope had not sufficiently made amends for his September remarks on Islam and violence.