Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
Pope Shenouda will not attend the Mass that Pope John Paul II will pray in the covered hall. The reason is that the rituals of the Mass are different between the Catholic and the Orthodox rites. It is expected that Pope Shenouda will send a representative to the Mass.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
This article gives some of the historical background to the disagreement between the churches covering the Council of Chalcedon, and then the Council of Ephesus in 428 AD when the Patriarch of Constantinople stated that Mary was not holy and that she was only the mother of Jesus, not more...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
The question that Copts are asking now is whether the meeting of Pope John Paul II with Pope Shenouda will end or at least quicken the ending of the conflict between the Orthodox and the Catholic Churches. The disagreement goes back to more than 1500 years ago. It centers on a main issue, which is...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
It was expected that the visit of Pope John Paul II would start in Iraq, as did the trip of Abraham. He would then go to Egypt passing by Palestine. It was hoped that this trip would draw attention to the suffering of the Iraqi people and the hunger that was harming children before adults. However...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2000
Sub-title: The Vatican emphasizes its refusal of Israeli dominion over eastern Jerusalem and [its] fait-accompli policies
His Holiness Pope John Paul II is to arrive to Cairo next Thursday on the first visit of the pope of the Vatican to Egypt in response to the invitation of President Hosni...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2000 to Friday, February 25, 2000
Christians in Egypt constitute more than twenty-seven denominations. The Coptic Orthodox is the majority denomination, followed by Coptic Catholics and then Evangelicals who have several denominations. There is just a difference in belief between these denominations, it is not a conflict or a...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
The full, published text of the EOHR’s Special Report on the Al-Kosheh incident.
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2000 to Friday, February 25, 2000
On my last visit to Egypt, I noticed a genuine national revolution against religious fanaticism and terrorism, a revolution against exploiting religion that calls for love and peace. In Egypt we find love between neighbors and love of the unity of a nation in which equality in opportunities has...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2000
Dr. Hussein Kamel Bahaa’ Eddin has decided that some officials should to be investigated for preventing a Christian teacher from teaching Arabic language syllabuses because they contain verses from the Holy Qur’an. The minister also decided that Christian teachers are to resume teaching Arabic...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
The famous lawyer of the Islamic groups confirmed that Al-Jihad organization would not issue a decision in which it would cease violence because they are the founders of the revolutionary thought through spreading revolutionary groups.