Egypt recalled its Vatican
ambassador on Tuesday for consultation in Cairo after Pope
Benedict urged governments in predominantly Muslim countries to
do more to protect Christian minorities.
The head of the Roman Catholic Church condemned on Monday
attacks on churches that killed dozens of people in Egypt, Iraq
and Nigeria, saying they showed the need to adopt effective
measures to protection religious minorities.
"Egypt asked its ambassador in the Vatican to come to Cairo
for consultation after the Vatican's new statements that touch
on Egyptian affairs and which Egypt considers an unacceptable
interference in its internal affairs," Foreign Ministry
spokesman Hossam Zaki said in a statement sent to Reuters.