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Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2012
The committee registering voters for the papal elections said until Sunday (May 20), the number of candidates for the post reached 18 after Bishop Pachomius, the acting patriarch, and Bishop Mīnā of Old Cairo announced they will not run for the position. [Husnī Mīlād a,l-Akhbār, May 21, p. 3] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Church’s Holy Synod reiterated that it will not back a certain candidate versus another, adding it stands on the same distance towards all candidates but prays that the Lord would choose for Egypt the best one who would observe justice and equality among all citizens.
“The church leaves the...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt, said he would support a candidate who will put the nation’s interest as his top priority and separate between his religious affiliations and the homeland’s public good.
I would not refuse a pious president who is fair to all...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Moreover, the three Christian denominations called for dialogue among all political powers and parliament to avoid any more deaths.
The Coptic Catholic Church released a statement through acting patriarch Bishop Kyrillos in which it said that the heart of the church is aching over the Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Priest Angelus, the secretary of Bishop Pachomius, denied that the interim leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church ran in the elections over the chair of St. Mark the Apostle, adding Bishop Pachomius has over and again said he would not seek any positions and only seeks the service of the church and...
Date of source: Friday, January 11, 2013
The Palestinian and Syrian case topped the meetings of the Azhar, Coptic Orthodox Pope, Palestinian President, and Iranian Foreign Minister.
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb said that Jerusalem is not only an occupied land but an Islamic and Christian sanctuary. He added that the Palestinian case is not only a...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Ice was broken on Wednesday (March 21) between presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā and Bishop Bīshūy, the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod Secretary and a possible successor of Pope Shenouda III, when ‘Awwā visited the Saint Mark Cathedral to offer condolences over the pope....
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The Azhar, commenting on the ruling, said the top Sunnī establishment supports the judiciary and the respects legitimacy, adding justice has the final say on everything.
“The Azhar is not dictating anything to any institution. It has expressed rejection against participation in the constituent...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah on Tuesday (April 24) hosted a huge ceremonial gathering on the occasion of commemorating Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on the 40th day of his departure.
Leading a Mass was acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius and members of the Holy...
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2012
The most likely punishment for Copts who violated Pope Shenouda's decision to ban visits to Jerusalem under Israeli occupation will be deprived from Holy Communion, one of the seven sacraments in the Coptic Orthodox Church. [Husnī Mīlād, al-Akhbār, April 22, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.