Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Vatican, Muslims Plan for Talks with Pope

NPR

by Sylvia Poggioli

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Morning Edition, March 4, 2008 ยท Muslim representatives and Vatican officials meet Tuesday for talks that will hopefully lead to an unprecedented Catholic-Islamic meeting later this year focusing on terrorism. The meetings are an attempt to improve relations after a 2006 speech by Pope Benedict XVI in which he quoted an ancient emperor's criticism of Islam.

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