Click to play videoAtlanta: Trying to put an end to the largest crisis in his papacy, Pope Benedict the sixteenth expressed regret for the reaction to his comments concerning Islam.
He said the medieval texts he quoted from, were in no way, a reflection of his personal beliefs.
"I am deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address," said Pope Benedict the sixteenth.
He didn't exactly say he was sorry for reciting a quote about Islam last week. But Pope Benedict did say he was sorry Muslims were offended by it.
And some Muslim groups are still not happy.
A representative for Egypt’s main opposition group said earlier that he had accepted the pope's apology as sufficient.
"The remarks that came from the Pope today is a retreat from what he said in his lecture on Tuesday in Germany," said Muslim Brotherhood Deputy Leader Mohammed el-Sayed Habib.
But a later statement on the group's website said the pope's reaction to the outcry was not enough, and they are demanding a full apology for his use of the quote.
Anti-Vatican protests came quickly this week, after the pope, speaking before a German audience, quoted a 14th century Byzantine emperor who called some teachings of the prophet Mohammed "evil" and "inhuman".
Since then, Christian clergy in Muslim countries have reported vandalism at their churches. That trend apparently continued and on Sunday two Roman Catholic churches in the west bank were set on fire.
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