Did Pope Benedict kiss the Koran? Or was that JPII? In either case, Catholics don't have to approve of that action. But when the Pope merely repeats something that the Church has always taught, Catholics have to agree with him. Not because HE said it, but because the Church has always taught it.
It really doesn't matter the name or the personality of the one who kissed the Koran because the act has not been denounced. The issue here is the whether or not the office (and the teachings that come from it) are to be honored or respected. And the teaching is that the Muslim worship the God of Abraham. They do not. That is very obvious to those who know the Shepherds voice. The action of kissing the koran is just an exclamation point to that teaching.
How very sad, to say the least, that all those who are to be called RC are to believe in thatm that they HAVE to believe such a lie - the evil, lying, murdering god of Islam is the God of the bible. It doesn't make any difference to me WHO or WHAT teaches that, but it is wrong, dead wrong.