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Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul: "Pope doesn't have to present his excuses to Muslims"

19 September 2006 [09:45] - TODAY.AZ
The crisis over Pope Benedict's remarks about Islam seems to play this pattern out on a global scale, Muslim and Christian analysts say.

The Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul Mesrob II, head of church linked to the Vatican, told visiting Paris-based religion journalists that Benedict spoke like the professor he once was rather than as a Pope who must weigh his words carefully.

"The Pope doesn't have to present his excuses, but I think he should explain his thinking," he said.

/The Brunei Times/

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