Pope: Christians and Muslims must reject violence

Seeking to end anger in the Islamic world caused by his remarks on holy war, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim ambassadors today that the two faiths must overcome any historic enmities and together reject violence, saying the future of humanity is at stake.

The Roman Catholic leader hammered at his theme that religions have no room for violent extremists while he also demanded “reciprocity” in religious freedom, a Vatican call for the rights of Christians throughout the Islamic world.