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Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Babylon’s Patriarch for the Chaldean Catholics in Iraq and the world said that Baghdad will host the Fifth Christian Conference, which will be attended by religious figures from all over the world.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 13, 2001
There are great differences among Christian denominations concerning the Virgin Mary. For Catholics she is God’s mother, the intercessor for sins, mother of mercy and mother of the Christian church in the world. The Orthodox Church raises her above angels and saints. Protestants believe only in the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
The article is the text of a message Bishop Gregorios sent to the late sheikh Sha’arawi about the latter’s comments on Christian beliefs about the nature of Jesus Christ. The author believes that publishing this sensitive message is a way of bringing Christians and Muslims closer together.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2001
Pope Shenouda’s list of Copts who are not allowed to marry contains Popes, archbishops, bishops, widower priests, widows of priests and men who leave monastic life during their trial period. It also prevents marriage to the sister of a deceased wife or to the brother of a deceased husband and...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The Coptic Orthodox church believes in seven secrets. Four of which are called the secrets of salvation. Each Christian should perform them. These four secrets are the secret of Baptism, the secret of the Holy Chrism, the secret of the Holy Communion and the secret of confession. The other three...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The author, who is the Patriarch of the Catholic Copts, comments on the Birth of Christ saying that it was the birth of peace, love, equality among mankind and a starting point for a new humanity that forms one family whose father is God. He asked God to keep president Mubarak safe and healthy and...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2000
The author believes that the serial "Awan Al-Ward" leads to sectarian conflicts rather than preventing them and clashes between the creeds of Muslims and Christians. He is of the opinion that national unity should be based on religious foundations because neither Muslims nor Christians will accept...
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2000
The author recounts how cheerfully Christmas used to be celebrated in the village of Taybeh, which is the only all Christian Palestinian village in the Holy Land. However, Christmas this year will be depressing and sad because there will be no Christmas celebrations this year in respect for the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2000
A Russian newspaper wrote that during the four months of the heavenly luminous apparitions of the Holy Virgin ten thousands of visitors gathered around and in the church. It said that the fasting of Muslims and Christians together added a climate of cheerfulness in the slum area where the church...
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2000
Pope Shenouda and many Muslim religious men received a great number of inquiries and criticisms about the series of "Awan Al-Ward." Christians believe that the series presents the issue of the marriage between a Muslim man and a Christian woman as a matter that should be accepted by Christians out...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.