Pope Benedict XVI planned his visit to Turkey as an ecumenical Christian encounter with Patriarch Bartholomew I, the titular head of Orthodoxy.

When Benedict XVI goes to Turkey, the media talk will be of Islam, but the pope's visit could advance religious liberty for Orthodox Christians.

Catholic leaders in Damascus are grappling with a massive 25,000 refugees desperate to escape the ethnic cleansing that is sweeping Iraq.

Well-known cultural philosopher Elton John has proclaimed that organized religion should be banned. Good for him.

It is not often that lectures on the finer points of theology and philosophy, delivered from so retired a venue as the University of Regensburg, turn the world, or at least a good part of it, on its ear. But it must be said as well that not every lecturer is the Bishop of Rome.

Why would a major corporation invest big money in a gratuitous insult of millions of potential customers who, according to the companys own figures, represent a clear majority of the American public?

Who says the world lacks leaders? After again expressing his "respect" for Islam, Pope Benedict XVI at his weekly Vatican audience two days ago moved one of his knights forward on the global chessboard of Islamic politics.

Most Americans who have even heard of the Spanish Civil War have been led to believe that it was a conflict between democratic, freedom-loving Republicans on the one hand, and Fascists led by General Francisco Franco on the other.

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion has been debunked countless times. Yet for the worlds anti-Semites, the books authenticity remains an article of faith.

The Folly of So-Called 'Dialogue'.