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Pope Sorry for Reaction to His Remarks - washingtonpost.com: "Pope Sorry for Reaction to His Remarks

By PIER PAOLO CITO
The Associated Press
Sunday, September 17, 2006; 12:04 PM

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- 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.'

An Italian nun also was gunned down in a Somali hospital where she worked, and the Vatican expressed concern that the attack was related to the outrage over the pope's remarks."