Pope meets US president’s wife

POPE Benedict received US First Lady Laura Bush yesterday and told her he was worried about terrorism around the world and violence sparked by the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

“His hope and certainly our hope (is) for peace and tolerance for each of us, to treat everyone else with respect,” she said.

The Vatican has already condemned the cartoons.

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