Pope pays homage to Turkey's link to Christianity
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ISTANBUL -- Under a bright morning sun near the Aegean Sea coast, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass yesterday outside the ancient stones that some believe were once the home of the Virgin Mary.
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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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Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday that his visit to Turkey is aimed at promoting dialogue and bridging differences, speaking minutes before departing for his first trip as pontiff to a predominantly Muslim country.
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Pope Benedict's highly sensitive visit to Turkey shifts focus toward Vatican relations with Orthodox Christianity on Thursday after his conciliatory words about Islam soothed tensions with Turkish Muslims.
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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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Pope Benedict visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Thursday and appeared to pray alongside an Islamic cleric during the visit that made him only the second Roman Catholic Pontiff to enter a mosque.
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Pope Benedict on Wednesday embarked on a second mission in Turkey, to improve ties between Catholic and Orthodox Christians, after winning praise for his conciliatory views on Islam and the country's future in Europe.
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Pope Benedict wound up a fence-mending visit to Turkey on Friday amid praise from the local press for visiting Istanbul's Blue Mosque and praying toward Mecca "like Muslims".
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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 XVIÂs visit to Turkey in late November is likely to be a flash point for a surprisingly broad array of issues.
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ISTANBUL, Dec 4 (IPS) - Despite controversy and fears for his safety, the  first visit of Pope Benedict XVI to a Muslim nation ended with a  series of conciliatory gestures toward Islam, and towards Turkey.
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For many in Turkey, the visiting pontiff personifies the mounting hostility they feel from Europe
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Pope Benedict XVI is to meet the Greek Orthodox Patriarch on the second day of his landmark visit to Turkey.
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Turkey greets Pope Benedict on Tuesday for a four-day official visit, but the welcome will be distinctly cool due to simmering Muslim anger over his comments on Islam and his past opposition to Ankara's EU ambitions.
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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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EFES, Turkey  - 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 John Paul II on Saturday handed over the bones of two saints to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world&#39;s Orthodox Christians, in