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• Analysis: Muslim-Christian relations clouded in new Middle East
• Vatican insists on interreligious dialogue
• Killing of US envoy to Libya underscores threat of unchecked religious fanaticism
• Pope to visit Mideast in shadow of Syrian civil war

Analysis: Muslim-Christian relations clouded in new Middle East Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:43 AM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters)- When Middle Eastern Christians and Muslims meet to discuss religion and the region's future, it can sometimes seem like they are talking about two different places and using divergent meanings for the same words. The Christians, worried by the rise of Islamists since last year's Arab Spring democratic uprisings, usually speak of reforms they want to see so they and other religious minorities can live as full and equal citizens with the majority Muslims. ...

Vatican insists on interreligious dialogue Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:34 AM PDT The Vatican underlined Pope Benedict XVI's push for dialogue among religions in the aftermath of the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya by a mob enraged by an anti-Muslim film.

Killing of US envoy to Libya underscores threat of unchecked religious fanaticism Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:55 AM PDT The US ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, and three diplomatic staff members were killed last night when Islamists attacked the American consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, the State Department confirmed today.

Pope to visit Mideast in shadow of Syrian civil war Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:43 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict makes a religiously delicate and potentially dangerous trip to Lebanon this weekend to appeal for peace and reconciliation in the Middle East as civil war rages next door in Syria. The 85-year-old pope, making his 24th international trip and fourth to the Middle East, will spend three days preaching unity among Christians and peace between Christians and Muslims during his time in the Lebanese capital Beirut from Friday to Sunday. ...

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