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This section offers links to online news articles or radio presentations that reference the Crusades in varying capacities to provide a collection of modern perspectives of the Crusades as expressed in the news media.
BBC: Pope Bids to Heal Orthodox Rift November 27, 2004 CNN: Lance Morrow: Why the Pope's Apology is Important March 13, 2000
Morroco Times: Al-Azhar: The Vatican's Official Apology Demanded March 17, 2005
BBC: Pope Sorrow Over Constantinople June 29, 2004
BBC: Greek Fury Over Pope's Visit May 4, 2001
The Washington Post: Pope Returns Relics to Orthodox Leader November 28, 2004
BBC: Ridley Scott Film Row Talks Start January 14, 2004
U.K. Telegraph: Pope Says Sorry for Crusader's Rampage in 1204 June 30, 2004
CNN: Papal Visit Sparks Greek Protests May 4, 2001
BBC: St. George Comes Under Fire April 21, 2002
Catholic World News: Orthodox Patriarch Accepts Pope's Apology for Sack of City April 4, 2004
CNN: Bill Press: Ministers Preach War on Islam February 28, 2002
BBC: U.K. Faces Bill For Lost Crusade May 13, 2001
The Flint Journal: Historian Offers Fresh Look at the Crusades January 2, 2005
BBC: Pope's Olive Branch to the Orthodox May 4, 2001
BBC: A Small Matter of Crusade History May 13, 2005
BBC: Crusader Relic Damaged In Israeli Retreat June 2, 2000
Pittsburgh Post Gazette How Muslims View the Crusades May 9, 2005
Greek News: Gesture of Conciliation or the Kiss of Judas? December 13, 2004
BBC: Pope's Visit Opens Old Wounds May 4, 2001
Al-Jazeera Muslim Groups Praise Crusades Film May 9, 2005
Deseret News Soldiers of the Cross-A Glimpse Into the Lives and Times of the Crusades May 6, 2005
CNN: Pope Set to Visit Mosque March 6, 2001
CNN: Pope Moves to Heal Ancient Rift May 4, 2001
CNN: Pope Prays for Forgiveness for Sins of Catholic Church March 12, 2000
CNN: Catholics Divided by Vatican's Mea Culpa March 13, 2000
CNN: Pope Arrives in Egypt for Historic Visit February 24, 2000
CNN: Robertson: Jihad at the Heart of Islam November 26, 2002
Catholic News Agency Denver Scholar Defends Crusades in Light of New Film April 28, 2005
CNN: Closer Look: The Vatican's Mea Culpa March 10. 2000
U.K. Telegraph The Crusaders Were Right After All by Christopher Howse April 5, 2005
Japan Times Its Not Like the Old Days" Says Crusades Scholar by Victoria James May 18, 2005
U.K. Telegraph  Aziz prays at tomb of St Francis 'the pacifist' February 16, 2003
U.K. Times Vatican change of heart over 'barbaric' Crusades March 20, 2006