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Benedict offers 'outstretched hand' to Islam

November 20, 2006

Pope Benedict meets Islamic woman [images/stories/PopeBenedictXVI/pope2_web.jpg]VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam in Regensburg, Germany, opened a new chapter in the Vatican's 40-year dialogue with the Muslim world and brought the Pope's own views on Islam into clearer focus.

Vatican: Saddam death sentence wrong

November 9, 2006

Saddam Hussein [images/stories/international_people/saddam.jpg]VATICAN CITY - The head of the Vatican's justice and peace office and an editor of a Vatican-approved Jesuit journal said it would be wrong to carry out the death penalty against Saddam Hussein.

Pope encourages Irish bishops to bring healing to abuse victims

November 3, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI [images/stories/PopeBenedictXVI/Benedict HS.jpg]Pope Benedict XVI said priestly sexual abuse of minors was a "heart-rending" tragedy that requires an effort of purification by the church.

Pope’s affirmation of Christianity transcends politics

October 27, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI [images/stories/PopeBenedictXVI/Benedict HS.jpg]VERONA, Italy - Navigating the murky waters of Italian ecclesial politics is no easy task, so interest was high when Pope Benedict XVI addressed the country’s most important Catholic gathering in 10 years.

Islam scholars publish letter on Pope’s Regensburg comments

October 24, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI [images/stories/PopeBenedictXVI/benedicths2.jpg]VATICAN CITY - International Islamic scholars published an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI, taking issue with what they described as mistakes and oversimplifications of Islam in a recent papal speech to German academics.

Patriarch looking forward to papal visit

October 5, 2006

Pope Benedict XVI [images/stories/PopeBenedictXVI/Benedict%20HS.jpg]ISTANBUL, Turkey - Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he hopes Pope Benedict XVI's November trip to Turkey will help calm recent tensions with Islam and advance his church's struggle for religious rights.