Pope calls for cooperation between Christians and Muslims

Pope Benedict XVI, speaking at a mosque in Amman, Jordan, also expresses concern about the discrimination that he says Christians and others face in Muslim nations such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
By Jeffrey Fleishman
May 10, 2009

Reporting from Amman, Jordan -- Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday called on Christians and Muslims to serve mankind with the "light of God's truth" and warned that extremists in nations such as Iraq were exploiting religious differences for political and violent agendas.

"Tensions and divisions between the followers of different religious traditions, sadly, cannot be denied," said the pontiff, whose three-day pilgrimage to Jordan is partly an attempt to mend relations with the Muslim world."However, is it not also the case that often it is the ideological manipulation of religion, sometimes for political ends, that is the real catalyst for tension and division, and at times even violence in society?" the rest