The Pope loves Turkey

I love Turkey as much as the next guy. But the folks from Turkey aren't exactly thrilled to see Pope Benedict XVI in their country. He dropped by for a visit this week, after getting a lot of Turks a bit steamed after his comments a few months ago about Islam and Turkey joining the European Union. The pope's the first to admit that his words weren't the best idea. He wanted to drop in for a visit to smooth things over.

So how is it going so far?

In September of 2006, the pope quoted a Byzantine emperor who said that Muhammad's teachings were "evil and inhuman"... but then, only days later, he apologized.

The political leaders of Turkey came out to greet the pope today and seems that things are going well. Benedict even went to a temple in Turkey with some people.