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Article: Pope Benedict in the lion's den; A teacher to unwilling students across the world.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2006
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Byline: Tony Blankley, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Pope Benedict XVI's trip to Turkey was characterized by the Associated Press thusly (in one of their increasingly rare exercises in objective journalism): "Benedict's journey is extraordinarily sensitive, a closely watched pilgrimage full of symbolisms that could offer hope of religious reconciliation or deepen what many say is a growing divide between the Christian and Islamic worlds." While we must hope for the former, it is hard not to expect the latter.
Lamentably, the time is past (if it ever existed) when mere benign expressions of convivial tolerance could have any lasting, positive effect on inter-religious and ...