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Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
The presidency has made many efforts to convince the Coptic Orthodox Church to participate in the national dialogue called for by President Muhammad Morsi (Author not mentioned, al-Dustūr, Mar. 1, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
A delegation of the Church left the Papal residency on Thursday morning, February 28. Bishop Pachomius of Beheira and the five Western cities, headed the delegation. The delegation was further made up of: Bishop Bishoy of Damietta; Bishop Raphael, secretary of the Holy Synod; Bishop Bīmin of Qūs...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
In discussion with al-Sabāh, the new Catholic Patriarch Ibrāhīm Ishāq Sidrāk speaks of migration, the problem with the low number of Catholic priests, visits to Jerusalem, his nomination as the new Patriarch, and his opinion of the group for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
Sidrāk...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
A large crack down led by Major Generals Salāh Mazīd and Ahmad ‘Abd al-Ghaffār, head of Qena Security Department and Chief of Qena Investigation Department, respectively, raided the hideout of the suspect accused of shooting and killing a guard of Dishnā Church in Qena Governorate. The security...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
After days, 116 cardinals (highest religious ranking in the Catholic Church) from all corners of the world are meeting at the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to vote for the successor of Pope Benedict XVI, who recently resigned (Author not mentioned, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Mar. 1, p.10). Read original...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
Hundreds of people from the Church, including bishops and priests, protested in front of the Beni Suef Security Department demanding an end to the repeated encroachment of church property at the hands of some Muslims who security leaders have accused of colluding to expel Copts from the country (...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2013
According to the distribution manager of al-Misrīyūn, the newspaper was sold out nationwide on said Wednesday. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Copts were buying dozens of copies and setting them on fire. There were also areas where copies of the newspaper were not being sold altogether. These areas...
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2013
During the weekly sermon held on Saturday evening, February 16, 2013 at Saint Mina Church in Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II asked the Egyptian people to distance themselves from their lives of complaint, calling on them to adhere to a spirit of peace and love instead.
Present at the sermon were...
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II met the Captain-General of the general union of media, al-Sayyīd al-Shāzlī, and a delegation of journalists at the Papal headquarters St. Mark Cathedral in al-‘Abbāssīyah. They discussed the journalists’ assessment of the Pope’s national position (Author not...
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2013
A scandal discovered by an American Washington Post journalist could destroy the reputation of Pope Benedict XVI who was at the head of the Vatican for eight years. The journalist revealed tales of personal disputes at the expense of the Church, plots of betrayal, corruption, and imbalances during...
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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.