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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: September 17, 2006

Filed at 12:04 p.m. ET
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The pope on Sunday made a personal apology about the anger caused by his remarks on Islam and violence.
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CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday that he was ''deeply sorry'' about the angry reaction to his recent remarks about Islam, which he said came from a text that did not reflect his personal opinion.

Despite the statement, protests and violence persisted across the Muslim world, with churches set ablaze in the West Bank and a hard-line Iranian cleric saying the pope was united with President Bush to ''repeat the Crusades.''"