Turkey shuns "fundamentalist degeneration": Pope
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Pope Benedict, speaking after a landmark trip to Turkey, described the country on Wednesday as an example of a secular Muslim state able to shun "fundamentalist degeneration".
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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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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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A deep cultural misunderstanding between Western and Muslim societies is fueling radical groups around the world, Turkey's prime minister says.
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Turkey on Wednesday praised the  conciliatory tone of Pope Benedict during his visit to the  predominantly Muslim country and his apparent new support for  Ankara's bid to join the European Union.
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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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Pope Benedict backed Ankara's EU entry  bid and said Islam was a religion of peace on Tuesday,  according to Turkey's prime minister, in a bid to soothe rows  over his views in the mostly Muslim state.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 26 -- Thousands of chanting, flag-waving protesters on Sunday denounced Pope Benedict XVI as anti-Islamic, demanding that he cancel a trip to Turkey this week that the Vatican hopes will help mend relations between the pontiff and Muslims.
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Seeking to end anger in the Islamic world over his remarks on holy war, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim envoys Monday their two faiths must overcome historic enmities and together reject violence, saying the future of humanity is at stake.
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Pope Benedict may have prayed with a  mufti in Istanbul's Blue Mosque, but that doesn't mean that  Catholic children in his native Germany can follow his example  when they gather for pre-Christmas festivities at their  schools.
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It is feared that Islamists may one day turn Turkey into a fundamentalist state. Unlikely as it may be in view of Turkeyâs deeply rooted secularism, such a risk cannot be totally excluded.
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Pope Benedict may have prayed with a mufti in Istanbul's Blue Mosque, but that doesn't mean that Catholic children in his native Germany can follow his example when they gather for pre-Christmas festivities at their schools.
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LORETO, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI decried the collapse of marriages, telling tens of thousands of young Catholics yesterday that he was praying that a crisis in traditional family values doesn't become an "irreversible failure."
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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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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 told religious leaders, including Christians, Jews and Muslims, on Sunday that faith must never be allowed to become a vehicle of hatred.
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CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy  - Pope Benedict said on   Monday that Christians and Muslims must reject violence, in an   unprecedented meeting with Islamic envoys to defuse anger at   his use of quotes saying their faith was spread by the sword.