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Date of source: Monday, October 7, 2024
On the first anniversary of October 7, 2023, the day when the “fuse of hatred was lit” that would begin the war in Gaza, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church sent a letter addressing all Catholic Christians in the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, October 6, 2024
On Sunday, October 6, the eve of the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 incidents, Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church reiterated his calls for an “immediate ceasefire” in the region of the Middle East, as well as the urgency for the release of the hostages detained in Gaza.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2023
Pope Francis denounced the IDF for the killing of two Christian women who had sought refuge in a church in Gaza, once again indicating that Israel is using tactics of “terrorism” in the Gaza Strip.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2023
Hebrew newspapers reported that Pope Francis, Pope of the Vatican, has renewed his calls for the continuation of aid to Gaza, as well as the release of the hostages that were captured by Ḥamās on October 7.
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2023
On Sunday (October 15), Pope Francis called upon the opening of humanitarian corridors to help those trapped in the Gaza Strip, and renewed his call for the release of hostages. In his weekly sermon at St. Peters square, the Pope asked that “all children, ill persons, elderly persons and women, as...
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2023
It has been 10 years since the first meeting between Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and Pope Francis, Pope of the Vatican. It has also been 50 years since the famous meeting between Pope Shinūda III, the 117th Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, and Roman Catholic...
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2023
On May 10, the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches are celebrating the Day of Fraternal Love, which is an annual meeting between the two churches. Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church will embark on a three-day visit to the Vatican from 10 to 14 May as he is scheduled to meet with...
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2022
The Vatican and Bahraini authorities are expecting about 28,000 people to participate in the public mass, which will be presided over by Pope Francis, on the morning of Saturday November 4, 2022. The mass is part of the historic Papal visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain, from the 3rd to the 6th of...
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2022
Bahrain is preparing to welcome Pope Francis I in the coming November in his second visit to the Gulf after signing the Document of Human Fraternity in the USA in 2019, where Pope Francis met the Shaykh al-Azhar and the Council of Muslim Elders. Bahrain is known for its efforts in religious...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2022
The Vatican News website praised the good relation between President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and Christians in Egypt. Since al-Sīsī assumed the Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2014, he has made several friendly gestures towards the local churches, especially the Coptic Orthodox Church,...
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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.