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Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2023
Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria and President of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs in Egypt, Fr. Ibrāhīm Isḥāq, and his accompanying delegation from the Catholic Church in Egypt participated in the ten-year anniversary conference of the Middle East Churches Document, “Communion and...
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Attending the ceremony of the enthronement of the 118th Pope of the See of Saint Mark, Coptic Pope Tawadrus II, were the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, the United States, Canada and Belgium, former Minister of Information ‘Usāmah Haykal, former Prime Minister ʿIṣām Sharaf, former Deputy Prime...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Rose al-Yūsuf has published an interview with Midhat Qilādah, president of the Union of Coptic Organisations in Europe, who will hold a meeting with representatives of the European Union to present the conditions for Copts in Egypt under President Muhammad Mursī. In the interview Qilādah claims...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Mīrā Mamdūd reports in Rose al-Yūsuf that several Coptic organizations, movements, and activists have founded a Coptic advisory council to unite groups that are interested in Coptic matters.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Bishop Pachomius, commenting on calls to stage protests against the Muslim Brotherhood on August 24, said the church does not interfere in politics, adding the church remains a spiritual institution that keeps its distance from political affairs.
Father Rafīq Greish, the media spokesman for the...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2013
A meeting of the General Coptic Organization Authority (CGA) (that was held few days ago in one of Cairo’s hotels) was harshly interrupted by Coptic activists.
According to Hanī Ramsīs, coordinator of Maspero Coptic Youth Union (MCYU), CGA members do not represent the issue of Christians since they...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II received yesterday, January 13, the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy of Belgium. Mr. van Rompuy’s two-day visit to Egypt includes meetings with President Muhammad Mursī and the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb. A church source...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
Rose al-Yūsuf reports on the same news under the title, “President Mursī defies the Salafist fatwá and congratulates Egyptian Christians on Christmas” (Mīrā Mamdūh, Rose al-Yūsuf, Jan.7, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
In a related development, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II chaired the “Seminar on Monasticism,” which resumed its work yesterday January 14 in Saint Bishoy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn. During the meeting, monasticism in Egypt has been discussed through the presentation of a project submitted by...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
President Muḥammad Mursī sent a telegram to Pope Tawāḍrūs II congratulating him on Christmas, as the Pope conducteded the Holy Mass at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbasiya, which was held yesterday evening. President Mursī delegated Muḥammad Rifāʿa al-Tahtāwī to the Mass.
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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.