09-16-2006, 08:45 PM
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<b>Pope 'extremely sorry' for offending Muslims: Vatican</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday, apologised for causing any offence to Muslims amid growing fury across the Islamic world over a speech he made implicitly linking Islam and violence.
"<b>The Holy Father is extremely sorry that certain passages of his speech appeared offensive to Muslim believers and were interpreted in a way that does not correspond in any way to his intentions," </b>said the Vatican's new secretary of state, Tarcisio Bertone.
"The Pope is unequivocally in favour of dialogue between religions and cultures," Bertone said, in his first official statement since taking office on Friday.
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"<b>The Holy Father is extremely sorry that certain passages of his speech appeared offensive to Muslim believers and were interpreted in a way that does not correspond in any way to his intentions," </b>said the Vatican's new secretary of state, Tarcisio Bertone.
"The Pope is unequivocally in favour of dialogue between religions and cultures," Bertone said, in his first official statement since taking office on Friday.
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