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Date of source: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Within the Coptic Orthodox Church lies a controversial issue: whether to remain strict in the separation of the Church from other churches since the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD, or to open a real dialogue with other communities in order to overcome the differences of the past 16 centuries.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is often praised, in particular by his own followers, for his ecumenical stances. The reality is, however, somewhat different, as the decisions of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod show. All synod meetings were presided over by Pope Shenouda, a strong and charismatic...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
The author reviews a new book entitled, ’ The Churches of Egypt. From the Journey of the Holy Family to the Present Day’ which includes Christian sites from all over Egypt.
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The Basilica of Saint Peter has recently seen the inauguration of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City 16 days after the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
Date of source: Sunday, August 6, 2006
The author reflects on the life and experiences of Michael Fitzgerald, the new Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt and the Roman Catholic delegate to the League of Arab States and the significant future contributions he can make to Christian-Muslim dialogue.
Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2005
Vatican-Israeli relations have been stable since October 28, 1965, when Pope Paul VI stated that not all Jews should be blamed for Jesus’ death. However, a problem has recently arisen between the Vatican and Israel because Pope Benedict XVI failed to mention Israel among his list of countries who...
Date of source: Friday, June 24, 2005
The last century witnessed the Christian-Islamic talks aiming to establish cooperation between the two religions and preserve religious and moral values in society.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 28, 2002
The head of the Azhar Permanent Committee of Inter-Religious Dialogue says that dialogue with others is an Islamic concept and is very essential. He explains that despite the fact that dialogue with the west has been going on for a quarter a century, the goals it achieved are very few because...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
The remains of Mark the Apostle remained in the hands of Egyptian Christians since his martyrdom in his church in Bolka [Alexandria] in 68 AD. The body remained there during the Byzantine rule. During the period of Pope Kyrillos VI, Pope Paul VI agreed to Pope Kyrillos’s demand to return the body...
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2001 to Friday, June 15, 2001
Catholic father Rafiq Greish, Orthodox archpriest Salib Matta, and Protestant reverend Ikram Lamai responded to Rose El-Youssef’s article "seizing an extremist Christian group" The latter two did not restrict their arguments to the Adventists, but discussed the Catholic Church and popes. The author...
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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.