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Can Benedict Be a Firebreak?
John Allen, National Catholic Reporter
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Even
before the deaths of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three
other Americans in Libya on Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI’s Sept. 14-16
trip to Lebanon shaped up as a high wire act. The pontiff will have to
navigate Lebanon’s complex inter-faith mix, against the backdrop of
what amounts to civil war in neighboring Syria.
Now the trip also becomes the first visit of a major Western leader to the Arab world after the attacks in Egypt and Libya, and with the prospect of more violence on the horizon. Big questions loom: Will the pope’s presence inflame extremist Islamic sentiment even further? Or, will the visit act as a firebreak, offering a counter-narrative of Muslim-Christian harmony?
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