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Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Before his decision to resign, Pope Benedict allegedly clashed with a sexual harrasment issue and with the leaked documents scandal. The Pope will remain at Castel Gandolfo (the Pope’s summer residence) for the remainder of his life. The successor of Pope Benedict is elected within 15 days. [...
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
The Egyptian Foreign Minister received Vatican approval on the nomination of the former vice president Mahmūd Mikī as Egypt's ambassador to the Vatican.
The last Egyptian ambassador to the Vatican was Lamīyā' Mikhaymar. Since her term ended in September 2012 there has been no Egyptian Ambassador to...
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
The inauguration celebrations for the new Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, John X Yazigi, were held at the Holy Cross Church in Damascus. According to anonymous sources, Pope Tawadros II sent a congratulatory cable. Representing Bashar al-Assad at the inauguration was Mansour...
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Also on Wednesday, Pope Tawadros II met the Saudi Ambassador, Ahmad Qatān, in Cairo. The visit is the first of its kind since Pope Tawadros took his position as Coptic Orthodox Pope of Egypt (Majdī Fikrī and Sahar Sa'd Allah, al-Dustūr, Feb. 14, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
On Wednesday, February 13, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II met the Saudi Ambassador Ahmad Al-Qatān at Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyyah. The Church confirmed that the Ambassador came to congratulate the Pope on taking the Papal seat. In meeting with the Pope, the Ambassador illustrated his...
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the Azhar has expressed its hopes for friendly relations with the Vatican. This comes two years after the Azhar cut all relations with the Vatican as a result of a statement of the resigned Pope that Christians in the Middle East are being persecuted...
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2013
Ties between the Azhar and the Vatican deteriorated in 2006 when the Pope held a speech at Regensburg University in Germany in which, according to the Azhar’s interpretation, he linked Islam to violence (Fātimah Khālid, al-Sabāh, Feb. 14, p. 3). Read original article in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church is in a state of turmoil in the days preceding the inauguration of the Council of Churches of Egypt. Pope Tawadros will head the official opening on February 18, 2013 (John ‘Abd al-Malāk and Mu'tiz al-Khusūsī, al-Misrīyūn, Feb. 13, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson’s visit to the Two Saint's Church in Alexandria has raised many questions. The visit, during which Patterson met with leaders, the high priest, and the lawyer of the families of martyrs, lasted more than two hours and was conducted in the strictest confidence and...
16. Washington Post: The sleeper Brotherhood cells woke up to extend their influence within Al-Azhar
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
According to an American journalist from Washington Post, political analyst, 'Ammār ‘Alī Hassan explained to Associated Press that there are Muslim Brotherhood cells in the Azhar that are starting to become active. Hassan added that the selection of new members in the Council of Senior Scholars...
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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.