Who ever would have guessed that attacking the faith of a billion people would cause such a commotion? He's a uniter, not a divider. Oh, that's the other guy, but same, same. They both seem oblivious to the modern world and stuck in the dark ages with their thinking. Now the Pope is being criticized for his half hearted attempt to skirt around the issue instead of just apologizing. Worse yet, he could not even do that himself and passed the message through others. There's real leadership for the world. How bold. Too bad the Vatican doesn't have press conferences like other politicians have so someone could ask him how he thought those words would help bridge the religions.
Turkey cast some doubt on whether Benedict could proceed with a planned visit in November in what would be the pontiff's first trip to a Muslim nation.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted the pope apologize to the Muslim world, saying he had spoken "not like a man of religion but like a usual politician."
