Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2023
Father Rafīq Greish, Pastor of the Melkite Catholic Church in Heliopolis and former spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt, labelled the recent meeting between Pope Francis of the Vatican and Pope Tawāḍrūs II as an “historic” event.
Date of source: Saturday, May 13, 2023
The Vatican's Ambassador to Egypt, Cardinal Nicolas Thévenin, conducts an interview with al-Masry al-Yawm newspaper, published on May 13.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2023
On Sunday, May 14, Pope Tawāḍrūs II led Sunday Mass at the St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, where the Roman Catholic Church opened its doors for His Holiness to pray alongside his Coptic congregation.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II began his pastoral visit to the dioceses of Turin and Rome with a prayer on the eve of the fourth Sunday of Eastertide in the Basilica of St. John the Lateran in Rome.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Pope Francis delivered remarks at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, during which he welcomed Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church and his delegation for their three-day visit, including the following:
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2023
To mark the start of the holy fasting month of Ramaḍān, the Catholic Center for Studies and Media has issued a letter in which it offered its congratulations to Muslims at this holy time, and also stressed the need for Muslims and Christians to work together to build a more peaceful and harmonious...
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, received a delegation from the U.S. House of Worship foundation, currently on a visit to Egypt for interfaith dialogue. Sohā Jindī, the Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs, also attended the meeting, in which Pope...
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2022
The author discusses the different political and socio-economic challenges causing a rise in Christian immigration from the Middle East, threatening the region’s diverse social fabric, particularly in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2022
Anbā Sirābiyūn (Serapion), Metropolitan Bishop of Los Angeles, revealed in the recent edition of the al-Kirāza, the Official magazine of the Coptic Orthodox Church, that the fourth meeting of the Commission for Bilateral Dialogue between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Cornelis Hulsman is from a conservative Christian Reformed family in the Netherlands but developed a fascination for the Coptic Orthodox Church. He became a member in 1985. Many stories of Christian persecution in Muslim countries come from the Dutch Christian organization Open Doors, which has an...