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Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2001
Bishop Stephanous II, the Catholic Patriarch of Egypt, said that the bigotry of Pope Shenouda is the reason behind stumbling the process of the drawing closer of the Christian denominations. He added that the Orthodox emigrant Copts are the ones behind the stirring up of the issue of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 14, 2001
The head of the Egyptian Catholic church, Patriarch Istaphanos, was chosen as a Cardinal in the Papal Council of Vatican. Cardinal Istaphanos says that Egypt enjoys peace and the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Mubarak’s age is more than excellent.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2001
The Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic church was given the rank of Cardinal. The Vatican Pope declared that he was given this rank because of his great work in serving the Coptic Catholic church.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2001
The Azhar Dialogue Committee’s activities are exclusively visiting Rome. The committee is not trying to change the unfair concept of Islam and Muslims that is firmly established in the minds of Westerners. The Dialogue Committee became the subject of many questions and doubts. The dialogue between...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
Prof. Joseph Sedqi, former head of the National Cosmological and Geophysical Research Institute, explained why Western Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25, whilst Eastern Christians celebrate it in January. It is due to different calendars and not religious difference. He calls for...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
Different religions are entering political challenges, not in the name of God, but in the name of power. Historians agree that wars do not often happen for religious reasons. The first religious war dates back to 1095, when the knights answered the call of Pope Urban II to save Christians in the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2000
A number of the left wing political parties are expected to demonstrate at Saint Peter’s square in Rome against the visit of the Austrian extremist rightist leader Jorg Heider, who is accused by the leftists of being anti-Semitic. The Jewish community in Italy considers the meeting between the Pope...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2000
The Greek, Syrian and Latin Catholic churches witnessed three important nominations. The Latin Catholic Church in Egypt is still waiting for a successor of Archbishop Egidio Sampieri who died three months ago.
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2000
This is the text of a lecture delivered in London by the general administrator of the Latin Catholic Church in Jerusalem, Father William Shomali, representing Latin Catholic Patriarch Michel Sabah of Jerusalem, during the investiture of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulcher of England and...
Date of source: Thursday, August 31, 2000
Bishop Egidio Sampieri has unexpectedly passed away on Monday August 28. The bishop died of a heart attack and is mourned by Catholics in Egypt.
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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.