Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Na 15 Febụwarị 2006, Pope Benedict XVI họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye nnọchi anya ndịozi na Egypt na onye nnọchi anya na Njikọ nke Arab States, nke mbụ ya na-arụ ọrụ na diplomatic. Ọ bụ otu n'ime mmadụ ole na ole bụ́ ndị nnọchiteanya nke ndị ụkọchukwu na-agụghị akwụkwọ na Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy. Dị ka ụlọ ọrụ mgbasa ozi bụ́ BBC si kwuo, "Mkpebi nke poopu ahụ a mụrụ na Germany akpatawo ọgba aghara. Ndị na-ekiri ihe na-eme na Vatican na-agbalị ịchọpụta ma ihe ahụ e mere ọ̀ bụ iwelata ọkwá ya, ka ọ̀ bụ iji kwanyere onyinye pụrụ iche nke achịbishọp ahụ ùgwù". Fitzgerald kwuru, sị: "O yikarịrị ka a na-ewere nzụlite m n'ihe ọmụmụ Arabic na nke Alakụba dị ka ihe bara uru n'oge a maka mmepe nke mmekọrịta n'etiti Ijipt na ụwa Alakụba ndị ọzọ". Otu onye na-ede akụkọ na Vatican kpọrọ mweghachi nke Fitzgerald "mkpebi kasị njọ nke Popu meworo ruo ugbu a" nakwa na ndị nta akụkọ chọpụtara na ọ nọghị ya mgbe Popu Benedict were okwuchukwu ya na Regensburg kpasuo ndị Alakụba iwe
na Septemba 2006. Ntughari nke Fitzgerald gosipụtara na ọ bụ akụkụ nke nhazi nke Benedict nke ngalaba curial iji gbanwee mkparịta ụka nke okpukpe na ndị na-abụghị Ndị Kraịst site na ijikọta ọrụ nke onye isi oche nke PCID na nke Pontifical Council for Culture, nhazi nke Benedict malitere na Machị 2006 wee gbanwee na June 2007.