1. Define recall as used in this article.

2. a) What is the Vatican?
b) Why did Egypt recall its ambassador from the Vatican? Be specific.

3. What did the Pope ask Pakistan specifically to do in his speech?

4. How did Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki respond to Pope Benedicts remarks on religious tolerance?

5. What accusations have Egypt's Christians made after the suicide bomb attack that killed 21 Christians as they were leaving church?

6. a) How did Muslim leader Imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayyib of Al-Azhar, the leading Sunni Islamic institution, react to the Pope's speech?
b) What do you think of the Imam's reaction?

7. The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, made up of 1.147 billion members worldwide. (world population is approximately 6.8 billion)
Watch the Pope's speech under "Resources" below the questions.  As the leader of the Catholic church worldwide, was the Pope right to urge leaders in his annual address to permit religious tolerance and protect Christians and religious minorities in their countries? Explain your answer.