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: Saturday, April 22, 2023
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, is to visit Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Day of Fraternal Love on May 10. This date will also mark 50 years of relations between the two churches, after Pope Shinūda II...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2023
The Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, Ibrāhīm Isaac Sidrak (Ibrāhīm Isḥaq), gave an address to mark the occasion of Easter. The Patriarch highlighted the importance of Easter, especially given the current turmoil and conflict present in the modern world. He drew comparisons between the...
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, March 9, 2023
Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Salām, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Elders, and Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, met to discuss the best ways to strengthen cooperation in the area of East-West dialogue. Judge ʿAbd al-Salām expressed his appreciation for Rev. Welby’s efforts to promote...
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2023
The Festival of Human Fraternity, organized by the United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence, began on Saturday, 28th January, 2023. The festival, held under the patronage of the UAE’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, in cooperation with the Muslim Council of Elders, focuses...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
In February 2023, the Abrahamic Family House was opened in the United Arab Emirates following the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity by Grand Imām Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb of al-Azhar and Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, in 2019. Following the inauguration of the complex which brings...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
The UAE opened the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi, a day after the Mufti of Oman released a statement attacking it. The Abrahamic Family House is an interfaith complex containing a mosque, a church and a synagogue, and hopes to promote interreligious dialogue. The Mufti attacked the opening,...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2023
Dr. Jamāl Sanad al-Suwaydī has released a new book entitled: "The Document on Human Fraternity: Towards Peaceful Coexistence and a Conflict-Free World." In this book, the Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research, addresses the Document on...
Date of source: Thursday, October 11, 2012
The Vatican, during a weekly sermon by Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic Church, in which he used Arabic for the first time in a bid to have larger communication with Christians and Muslims in the Middle East, expressed concerns about the emigration of the region’s Christians for their own...