Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2002
A referendum showed that 70% of the American Catholics prefer to cancel any restrictions to priests getting married, while 22% of them reject the marriage of Catholic priests. On the other hand, Pope John Paul II assured his rejection of the marriage of Catholic priests.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2002
The Vatican pope held emergency meetings to discuss the issue of the sexual misconduct of some priests of the Catholic Church and paid compensations to the harmed people. The Vatican was, however, at the same time negligent toward the crisis of the Church of the Nativity and did not announce that...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2002
Pope Shenouda delegated 24 Egyptian clergymen to head Easter masses in Egyptian churches in Europe, Canada and the USA on May 4.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2002
The Maglis el-Milli of the Evangelical churches in Egypt headed by Dr. Safwat Al-Bayadi condemned the inhuman Israeli practices against the Palestinians. The Maglis called upon all churches, international and local ecclesiastical bodies, the international community and organizations to support the...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 21, 2002
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi called for more demonstrations against the Israeli practices in Palestine, as demonstrations are a form of jihad. He added that no ruler has the right to prevent a Muslim from martyrdom or fulfilling the requirements of jihad. The rulers who prevent jihad are beyond doubt...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2002
The Cairo Court of Appeal set the date of April 27 for the retrial of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The decision of retrying Ibrahim came after he was released last February due to the acceptance of the appeal he lodged against the seven-year imprisonment sentence he received.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 31, 2002
Tens of priests from among the approximately 47,000 Catholic priests in the USA were stopped from serving in the Church after being involved in sexual misconduct. In Ireland, the Catholic Church agreed to pay about 110 million dollars to children who have been sexually abused by Catholic priests....
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 31, 2002
Pope Shenouda said that the claims of Israel to possess the land of Palestine upon the promise of God to them in the Torah have no true bases. Israel was not established by the promise of God but by the British Balfour Promise. He added that no one in the Islamic world accepts Israel´s...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 26, 2002
The administrative court of Frankfurt approved the building a mosque in the German city of Niederzell despite the opposition of the residents of the city. The Christian Democratic Party and the Republican Party appealed against the decision. Residents of many other German cities opposed the...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 14, 2002
The priest of the Mar Girgis church in Saft Al-Laban filed a felony report against Mamdouh Mahran, editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa paper, accusing Mahran of defaming him in the paper. The court sentenced Mahran for one year in jail and a bill of 5,000 LE.