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Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson’s visit to the Two Saint's Church in Alexandria has raised many questions. The visit, during which Patterson met with leaders, the high priest, and the lawyer of the families of martyrs, lasted more than two hours and was conducted in the strictest confidence and...
6. For the first time in the history of the Catholic Church: Pope Benedict announces his resignation
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2013
DECLARATIO
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Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Following the footsteps of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Catholic Church has chosen Bishop Ibrāhīm Ishāq of al-Minya as successor to Cardinal Antonius Najīb who, for health reasons, resigned from his post. [Author not mentioned, al-Wafd, Jan. 23, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
In his speech during a celebration marking the anniversary of the death of late Pope Shinūdah III, at the monastery of St. Mary [al-Siryān] in Wādī al-Natrūn, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II said that late Pope Shinūdah was biblically experienced in theological dialogues.
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: Monday, February 6, 2012
The Alexandria court of urgent matters decided to adjourn the case of the Church of the Two Saints to the March 18 session in order to allow the plaintiffs to photocopy the investigations file at the supreme state security prosecution on the January 1, 2011 bombing attack that left dozens killed or...
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2017
The Undersecretary of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Turin and Rome, Fr. Theophilus al-Siryānī, participated in the celebration of the blessing of the icon of the Holy Family Journey to Egypt by Pope Francis held in the Vatican in coordination with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The Egyptian governorate of Aṣyūṭ [Assuit] is preparing in full swing to host international visitors to the path of the Holy Family Journey in Egypt after Pope Francis embraced the journey as an official Christian pilgrimage.
Date of source: Monday, August 28, 2017
Shaykh Aḥmad Abū Rāshid al-Jabālī, chief of the Jabāliyya tribe and advisor to the Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai tribal affairs, denied the news on social media about the closure of the monastery in Christmas for security reasons.
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2017
“This design is preliminary and not final,” said Rev. Būlus Ḥalīm, official spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, commenting on a picture of the cathedral in the new administrative capital, which was released by al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ and signed by Pope Tawāḍrūs II.
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