Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2025
Will Algeria become a "pilgrimage destination" for Catholic Christians around the world?
Shortly after assuming the role of Supreme Pontiff of the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV sent a "special" letter to Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, expressing his "sincere desire" to visit Algeria.
So, what...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Anbā Nicola, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Ṭanṭā, revealed the civil legal status of the Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai, stating that the monastery has been known since ancient times, dating back to when Empress Helena, the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, built a church named...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
In a meeting at the well-known Downtown Café Riche, hosted by our friend Magdī ʿAbd al-Malāk, the café’s owner and a former military pilot, Major General Aḥmad Rajā’ī ʿAṭīya, an October War hero and education expert, spoke to us about expansions made by the Greek community in Egypt, which has...
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2025
Following a wave of controversy over reports that authorities in Egypt's South Sinai governorate were seeking to confiscate the historic Saint Catherine Monastery, administratively affiliated with the Greek Orthodox Church, and seize its lands, President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī assured Greek Prime...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The Ismāʿīlīya Court of Appeal, an affiliate of the Ṭūr Sinai Department, handed down a verdict on Wednesday (May 28) in the lawsuit filed over disputed land plots in the South Sinai governorate, granting the monks of Saint Catherine Monastery the right to use it and the archeological and religious...
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2025
Foreign Minister Badr ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī, during a meeting on Friday with European ambassadors accredited to Egypt, reviewed in detail the court ruling from May 28 regarding the lands surrounding Saint Catherine Monastery.
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr ʿAbd al-ʿĀṭī reiterated on Friday (May 30) Egypt’s full commitment to preserving Saint Catherine Monastery's unique and sacred religious status, stressing that this status will remain unchanged.
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2025
On 21 April, the Vatican announced the death of Pope Francis, aged 88. This is an opportunity for Morocco to remember his visit to Rabāṭ in 2019, only the second time a head of the Church has visited the country.
Date of source: Thursday, April 3, 2025
Adīb Jūda al-Ḥusaynī, the holder of the key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, said the Arab Orthodox Christians had a well-established role in protecting their spiritual heritage and the service of the holiest Christian shrine all over the world.
Date of source: Monday, March 10, 2025
The Dominican Fathers Monastery hosted a signing ceremony on the book “Father George Qanawātī: A Life for Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue” authored by Dominican Father Jean-Jacques Pérennès.