Word: pontiff
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...Byzantine Emperor. But this Emperor was making a furious criticism of Islam: "Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." Perhaps the 79-year-old Pontiff hoped his remarks at the German university would spark a pointed discussion of Christian-Muslim relations and the rise of faith-based terrorism - just in time for his Turkey trip. What they sparked instead was a virtually instantaneous firestorm of criticism from Muslim leaders around the world. And the heat...
...Pontiff Has a Point His take on Islam, however clumsy, raises tough truths about reason and religion
...Pontiff Has a Point His take on Islam, however clumsy, raises tough truths about reason and religion
...Pontiff Has a Point His take on Islam, however clumsy, raises tough truths about reason and religion
...question is: what then is driving the pontiff to make this particular call to a renewed sense of faith based on reason? Naturally, the leader of Roman Catholicism has an inherent proselytizing purpose. But in the context of this groundbreaking speech, there is another objective...