Displaying 261 - 270 of 385.
Date of source: Friday, June 8, 2012
One of the members of the Austrian University delegation that visited Egypt between May 23 and June 3 was Daniel Podertschnig who, following his return to Austria, reported for the Catholic News Service of Austria.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2012
With a touch of humor throughout, Mgr. Michael Fitzgerald introduced his role as the Vatican Ambassador to Egypt to a delegation of mostly Catholic Austrian students and professors from the University of Vienna. This visit was organized by Arab-West Report and was also attended by some staff and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is often praised, in particular by his own followers, for his ecumenical stances. The reality is, however, somewhat different, as the decisions of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod show. All synod meetings were presided over by Pope Shenouda, a strong and charismatic...
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2012
Clergymen of the Orthodox and Catholic churches, provoked by the decision, met to agree on a statement to distance themselves from the "Evangelical church's actions that violate the teachings of the forefathers and the faith."
A memo is reportedly being in the making to set a new way of dealing...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Bishop, Dr. Yūhannā Qultah Sa‘īd, deputy patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, refused a number of Coptic calls for international interference, calling it 'nonsense'. He assured that Copts are protected by Muslims and the country is capable of protecting itself.
The three Coptic denominations in...
Date of source: Monday, August 29, 2011
Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Archbishop Antonius Najīb, has expressed his fears over the possibility of strong presence from Islamist forces in the next parliament.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Representatives of the three Egyptian Churches and several Coptic activists condemned on Tuesday a demand made to the US Congress by some expatriate Copts calling for international protection for Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Bishop Markos of Shubra al-Kheima told Al-Masry Al-Youm that he rejects...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
Egypt's Catholic Patriarchs Council said the nation after the January 25 Revolution will be able to overcome fitnah tā'fīyah and socio-economic hardships facing it now.
Cardinal Antonius Najīb, the Patriarch of Coptic Catholics in Egypt, concluding the Catholic patriarchs and bishops meeting in...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI met with the new Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi on 18 May, 2011, amid concerns over the safety of Christians caught up in the Arab revolutions of the Middle East. The meeting, which followed talks between Arabi and Dominique Mamberti, the Vatican's foreign minister, took...
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2011
Father Rafīq Greish, Director of the Press Office of the Catholic Church in Egypt has stated that the Catholic Church in Egypt welcomes the return of the Egyptian Ambassador to the Vatican, Mrs. Lami’a Mikhaymar to her post.
He said this represents confirmation of the principle of building...
Pages
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.