Date of source: Sunday, September 1, 2013
14 Catholic churches have been exposed to Muslim Brotherhood attacks. Father Rafīq Greich, Media Spokesman of the Coptic Catholic Church, had the important task of clarifying the truth of what has happened in Egypt for the West, regarding the MB’s terrorism. Greich said that they had been surprised...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Coptic Catholic Patriarch Bishop Antonius Najīb arrives back in Egypt on Thursday (May 17) after a month-long therapeutic trip in the United States. [Michael Viktor, Watanī, May 13, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2012
The Holy Synod on Wednesday (May 16) held a meeting, the sixth since the death of Pope Shenouda, under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius.
Emerging from the meeting, Bishop Benyamin of al-Menoufia said the church stands on an equal distance toward all presidential candidates, adding the Holy Synod...
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2012
The Holy Synod on Wednesday (May 16) held a meeting, the sixth since the death of Pope Shenouda, under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius.
Emerging from the meeting, Bishop Benyamin of al-Menoufia said the church stands on an equal distance toward all presidential candidates, adding the Holy Synod...
Date of source: Sunday, December 22, 2013
Pope Tawadros is continuing his pastoral trip to Europe that includes three countries: Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. During his trip, he received part of the remains of Egyptian Saint Verena and led his first mass in Zurich in the Church of Saint Mark and Martyr Moris (Michael Victor, Watanī,...
Date of source: Sunday, December 22, 2013
Pope Tawadros is continuing his pastoral trip to Europe that includes three countries: Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. During his trip, he received part of the remains of Egyptian Saint Verena and led his first mass in Zurich in the Church of Saint Mark and Martyr Moris (Michael Victor, Watanī,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 10, 2013
The new Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrāhīm Ishāq’s installment will take place in the Coptic Catholic Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City on March 12, 2013. The Coptic Catholic Holy Synod had elected him in January (Michael Victor, Watanī, Mar. 10, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
The weekly Egyptian newspaper Watanī met with the Patriarch of the Church of Antioch and the entire Levant for Melkite Greek Catholics Pope Gregory III Lahhām who keeps a tradition of celebrating Christmas with his congregation in Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2012 to Sunday, March 25, 2018
The Coptic Catholic Church's Holy Synod, upon the wish of Cardinal Antonius Najīb, convened an extraordinary session on Wednesday (February 8) to discuss appointment of another head of the patriarchate due to health reasons for Archbishop Antonius.
After the meeting, the Holy Synod issued an...
Date of source: Sunday, November 27, 2011
In a good initiative, the Coptic Evangelical Church of Qasr al-Dūbārah opened its gates for treating the young people wounded or suffering from asphyxiation due to the numerous tear gas canisters fired by the central anti-riot police against protesters in al-Tahrīr Square.