Date of source: Monday, September 9, 2019
On Monday, the Catholic Church celebrated the Episcopal ordination of Cardinal Anṭūniyyūs Najīb, the honorary patriarch of the Catholic Church in Egypt. Patriarch Anṭūniyyūs Najīb was born in 1935 in the city of Samallūṭ in Minya. He was chosen for the priesthood in 1960. He received his...
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2014
he Catholic Church declared Popes John Paul II and John XXIII saints in a ceremony attended by Pope Francis today.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2014
A number of Coptic movements, most prominent among them the Middle Eastern Forum for Freedom (Muntadá al-Sharq al’Awsat li-l-Hurriyyāt) and Democratic Egyptian Solidarity (al-Tadāmun al-Misrī al-Dīmuqrātī) have protested outside the embassy of the Vatican, demanding Pope Francis and the Security...
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Pope Frances is calling for meetings and dialogues to take place among people of different religions and cultures in an attempt to increase understanding, saying that it is especially important that these meetings focus on Islam. In a letter that the Pope sent to Bishops around the world, he...
Date of source: Saturday, September 3, 2011
Last week, Shaykh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the UAE and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, emphasized that conserving the rich Islamic scientific heritage and propagating it around the world are vital in promoting cultural dialogue, which, in turn, will inspire interest in...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The
secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Angelo Amato,
has called on
Catholics to boycott The Da Vinci Code movie, based on Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, which carries
the
same name.