Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
What Sa'id Sombul says about me in his article titled "Ask Ammar Al-Sherie and the widow of Wagieh Abu Zekri about Father Antonius" is in conflict with journalistic ethics. Sombul can either offer a written, official apology for what he wrote against me or take the professional and legal...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
I would like to offer practical solutions to problems suffered by the Coptic Orthodox Church so that I will not be accused of offering nothing but criticism [because of articles previously published in Sawt Al-Umma by the author criticizing the church]. Expatriate churches suffer a lot of problems...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
Dr. Samir Girgis, professor of Strategic Management in London, wrote an article under the title “Dictatorship in the Egyptian church” published on 23 August, 2004 in Sawt Al-Umma. I would like to offer answers to the questions he posed in his article.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Pope Shenouda accepted a donation from Queen Elizabeth II, assigning an old church building [in England] to the Egyptian Orthodox Church. Pope Shenouda thanked the queen, saying it expressed the good bonding relationship between the Egyptian and British peoples.
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
Pope Shenouda accepted a grant given by Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. The grant specified that an old Church of England building is to be changed into an Egyptian Orthodox Church. The aim of the grant is to serve the Egyptian community in Britain.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The biggest Coptic church in the world will be built in New York on a surface area of more than ten feddans and will cost $70 million. An Egyptian Coptic engineer and an American engineering office won the international competition that was held to design the church.
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2000
It is not possible for the Vatican to adopt any doctrine but that of Jesus Christ, because to do so would demolish its role and mission. So the formula of dialogue is careful and clear, it means only coexistence, and fraternity, but not dialogue concerning, nor the solution of, pending issues.
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2000
The Jordanians succeeded in persuading the Pope to visit the new baptism site [where Jesus was supposedly baptized] in Bethany in Jordan on March 21. The Jordanians claim that John the Baptist had been baptizing the believers in this place. In addition to that the Jordanian Minister of Tourism...
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2000
In the first incident of its kind in the history of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II asked for forgiveness for the mistakes and sins in which the Catholic Church participated during the past two thousand years. The most prominent of these sins was mistreating the believers of other religions...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2000 to Friday, March 17, 2000
"... In the weekly sermon in Saint Peter’s Square, the Pope, made apologies for the way the church treated the scientist Galileo who said the earth revolves around the sun. The Pope also spoke about the pain the Crusaders caused for the people in the East. This will also be discussed in the meeting...