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Pope Tawāḍrūs II to make landmark visit to Rome to lead mass at Saint John Lateran
Date of source: 22 Apr 2023
By Rīm Mukhtār
On May 10, the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches are celebrating the Day of Fraternal Love, which is an annual meeting between the two churches. Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church will embark on a three-day visit to the Vatican from 10 to 14 May as he is scheduled to meet with...
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Pro-women citizenship law amendments await House approval
Date of source: 23 Apr 2023
By Nūr ʿAlī (Nour Ali)
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will witness the approval of the amendment of Article 6 of Law 26 of 1975 regarding Egyptian citizenship, granting women of foreign origin the right to pass their nationality to their minor children whose fathers are not Egyptians. House Speaker Ḥanafī al-...
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Cleric says Al-Azhar is the most precious gift from Egypt to the Muslim world
Date of source: 22 Apr 2023
By Muḥammad Ḥīza
Dr. Osāma al-Azharī, the president’s religious affairs advisor, has said that al-Azhar al-Sharīf is one of the greatest gifts to the Arab and Muslim world, adding that al-Azhar is a great establishment that built a grand image of Egypt in the eyes of all people in the Arab world. In the program ‘...
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Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrāhīm Isḥāq and delegation discuss violence of ISIS in Middle East
Date of source: 22 Apr 2023
By Mīrā Mamdūḥ
Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria and President of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs in Egypt, Fr. Ibrāhīm Isḥāq, and his accompanying delegation from the Catholic Church in Egypt participated in the ten-year anniversary conference of the Middle East Churches Document, “Communion and...
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Conference of the Public Relations Committee aims to strengthen ties between the Orthodox Church and state institutions
Date of source: 23 Apr 2023
By Nādir Shukrī
The Public Relations Committee of the Holy Synod held its annual conference under the title ‘Contemporary Challenges in Egyptian Society’ from Thursday 20th April to Saturday 22nd, at St. Mark’s Conference House in al-Khaṭāṭba. The conference was attended by the Metropolitan of Naqāda and Qūṣ,...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs meets with Pope Francis in Vatican City
Date of source: 23 Apr 2023
By Mūnīkā Jirjis
It has been 10 years since the first meeting between Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and Pope Francis, Pope of the Vatican. It has also been 50 years since the famous meeting between Pope Shinūda III, the 117th Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, and Roman Catholic...
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Al-Azhar condemns Israeli raid on al-Aqṣā Mosque
Date of source: 5 Apr 2023
By Ḥasan ʿAllām
On Wednesday, al-Azhar condemned a raid on the al-Aqṣā mosque and on Palestinian worshippers by the “Zionist entity” as “a repeated act of terrorism”, decrying the silence of the international community which “pays only lip service to the protection of places of worship.” An official statement from...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs II receives journalists handling Coptic affairs
Date of source: 29 Apr 2023
By Nādir Shukrī
A meeting of journalists concerned with Coptic affairs was held at the Papal Residence on Saturday and was hosted by Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The meeting, which was organized by the Coptic Orthodox Church’s media center under the title ‘Let’s Work Together’, commenced with a...
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Lecture series on ‘Jesus Christ in Muslim-Christian dialogue’ held at Heliopolis church
Date of source: 24 Apr 2023
By Jirjis Ṣafwat
On Monday, April 24, the Church of Saint Cyril of Greek Catholics in the Cairo district of Heliopolis is launching a course titled ‘Jesus Christ in the Muslim-Christian Dialogue’. Amongst those delivering lectures at the event is Father Dr. Samīḥ Raʿd, a professor of theology and religious dialogue...
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Minnesota governor approves amplification of the adhān at mosques
Date of source: 24 Apr 2023
By Ḥanān ʿAbd al-Hādī
In a recent video clip, the Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota, Jacob Frey, was shown signing a document to allow the raising of the adhān (Muslim call to prayer) using loudspeakers five times a day, thus respecting both the religion of Islam and the concept of freedom of religion. In the...
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Al-Azhar says Dayr Yāsīn massacre still bears witness to Zionist terror
Date of source: 9 Apr 2023
By Maḥmūd Muṣṭafā Abū Ṭālib
Today is the anniversary of one of the most painful memories for the people of Palestine, as well as for Arab and Muslim communities around the world: the 75th anniversary of the Dayr Yāsīn massacre, which was carried out by two extremist Zionist groups on April 9, 1948. The attack was perpetrated...
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Senate debates Family House’s efforts to raise awareness and strengthen values of coexistence
Date of source: 10 Apr 2023
By Muḥammad ͑Alī al-Sayīd
The Senate’s Religious Affairs and Awqāf (Endowments) Committee met on Monday after the end of the general session to study and debate the Egyptian Family House’s efforts in raising awareness of the values of tolerance, coexistence, and the strengthening of feelings of national unity and belonging...
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Egyptian Family House in al-Ismāʿīlīya hosts symposium on the 10th Ramaḍān victory
Date of source: 8 Apr 2023
By Muḥammad ͑Abbādī
The Egyptian Youth Council in the coastal city of al-Ismāʿīlīya organized a religious symposium titled “Battle of Badr and 10th of Ramaḍān Victory”, which was attended by several dignitaries. The symposium was moderated by Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ, the coordinator of the executive bureau of the governorate...
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Senior cleric of al-Azhar dies at 85
Date of source: 8 Apr 2023
By Yūnus Darwīsh
Shaykh ͑Alī Maḥmūd Abū al-Ḥassan, the assistant secretary-general of the Islamic Research Academy and chairman of the Egyptian Family House initiative in the southern Egypt governorate of Asyūṭ, died on Saturday morning at the age of 85. A funeral will be held at his family’s cemetery in the...
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Political and ethnic factors behind the crisis of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Date of source: 7 Feb 2023
By Maḥmūd Abū Bakr
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) has officially accused the government of Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Aḥmed, of involvement in supporting a group of priests who defected from the church. The EOTC has urged the government in a statement to “offer an official apology for its collusion...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs expresses gratitude to God for signs that the Ethiopian church crisis will be defused
Date of source: 15 Feb 2023
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
During his weekly Wednesday sermon, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church expressed his content over signs the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) crisis will be defused after those who had separated from the church repented and returned to their mother church. In the sermon, he also...
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Grand Imām of al-Azhar congratulates Pope Tawāḍrūs II on Easter
Date of source: 12 Apr 2023
By Michael Nabīl
The Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, made a phone call to Pope Tawāḍrūs II, of the Coptic Orthodox Church, to congratulate him on the celebration of Easter, which falls on this coming Sunday. Dr. Ṭayyīb extended his best wishes to the Patriarch and to all members of the Coptic...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs: God must be thanked for the closeness of Muslim and Christian festivities and for enhancing unity
Date of source: 16 Apr 2023
By Islām Luṭfī
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church has expressed his gratitude to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the government and offered his congratulations to Muslims on the occasion of the imminent ʿEīd al-Fiṭr. During his Easter mass sermon on Saturday, the Patriarch of the See of Saint...
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Pope Tawāḍrūs leads Easter mass at ͑ Abbāsīya cathedral
Date of source: 15 Apr 2023
By Muḥammad al-Aḥmadī
On Saturday evening, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church led the Easter mass at the Saint Mark Cathedral in al- ͑Abbāsīya, thus marking a fast of 55 days for Lent. The Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark entered into the Church amongst a group of archbishops, priests, monks, and deacons,...
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Grand Imām’s remarks on verbal divorce reignite debate
Date of source: 15 Apr 2023
By Unknown
Remarks by the Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Shaykh Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, expressing his opinion that altering the religious rules on verbal divorce would require a new sharī ͑ a consensus have triggered controversy in Egypt, where religious opinions interfere with social requirements. Dr. al-Ṭayyīb noted...
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