Pope Benedict XVI today praised an Italian nun for pardoning her killers as she lay dying from an attack in Somalia that may have been linked to worldwide Muslim anger over his recent remarks about Islam and violence.

EXACTLY what part of ‘I’m deeply sorry’ militant Muslims do not understand is difficult to grasp.

Pope Benedict XVI today appealed for mutual respect for religious belief as he mourned an Italian nun murdered in Somalia in an attack some have speculated was linked to Muslim anger at his recent remarks about Islam and violence.

Sister Leonella, a nun who devoted her life to helping the sick in volatile regions of Africa, used to joke that there was a bullet with her name engraved on it in Somalia. When the bullet came, she used her last breaths to forgive those responsible.