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Date of source: Saturday, July 20, 2002
Pope Shenouda said that if an Orthodox husband or wife joined the Jehovah´s Witnesses, the couple could have an immediate divorce [if they wanted]. In addition, the church would give a permission to remarry to the partner who kept his/her Orthodox beliefs.
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2002
Pope Shenouda III announced that he had deposed a monk, a deacon and a number of consecrated women and stripped them of their ecclesiastical ranks because they formed a group that deviated from the teachings of Christianity. They consider the pope an unbeliever and claimed that they are the true...
Date of source: Saturday, June 29, 2002 to Friday, July 5, 2002
Pope Shenouda consecrated Egyptian archpriest Miti´awes Al-Antoni as bishop Daniel Al-Antoni for Sidney, Australia. His consecration raised the number of Egyptian bishops serving Coptic churches abroad to 23. Bishop Daniel´s consecration was attended by the Australian ambassador to Egypt, which...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Pope Shenouda has demanded that the World Council of Churches recognizes the views of the Orthodox Church, because of its large following. The council´s activities are currently controlled by Protestant churches.
Date of source: Thursday, May 30, 2002
The pope spoke in an interview with Al-Gomhuria about church permits, the Waqfs of Copts, emigrant Copts, Al-Khula´ issue and what was said about Jesus Christ having half brothers. He also spoke about the weak representation of Copts in the People´s Assembly and the Shura Council and the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 19, 2002
Pope Shenouda spoke about the importance of accepting the other. He said that Zionist Christianity was confined to some Protestant denominations. He criticized the idea of God’s chosen people and said that the activities of emigrant Copts were reactions to and not actions against what happens in...
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2002 to Friday, May 24, 2002
Pope Shenouda said that emigrant Copts could be a lobby that works in favor of Egypt. He was asked about a book containing the religious values common to Islam and Christianity, which will be co-written by him and the Grand Imam.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Pope Shenouda assured that the Egyptian Church rejects any aggression over religious sites whether they are Islamic or Christian. He added that the international community had been negligent towards the besieging of the Church of the Nativity because it dealt with it as a political and not a...
16. An invitation to the churches for solidarity with the Church of the Nativity and the Aqsa Mosque
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
The article is a comparison between the attitude of the Church in Egypt and that of the West, especially America, toward the crisis of the Church of the Nativity. While the Church in Egypt held a conference in St. Mark Cathedral to express its support for the Palestinians, the American president...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2002
Pope Shenouda delegated 24 Egyptian clergymen to head Easter masses in Egyptian churches in Europe, Canada and the USA on May 4.
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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.