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Vatican Meets With Muslims to Set Summit

Leaders aim to mend rift created by pope's inflammatory speech

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 4, 2008 12:50 PM CST

(Newser) – Leaders from the Muslim world met with Vatican officials today to begin preparations for this summer's landmark Catholic-Islamic summit. Pope Benedict XVI will participate in the talks in an effort by the two religions to reconcile differences aggravated by a 2006 speech by the pontiff... Read full story »

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