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Pope says Italy immigrant tensions a ‘social emergency’
World
November 16, 2014
Pope says Italy immigrant tensions a ‘social emergency’
Pope Francis on Sunday described violent attacks on refugees in Rome as symptomatic of a "social emergency" that will only…
Salafi leader Borhamy attacks Pope Frances for recognizing Darwin’s theory
Egypt
October 30, 2014
Salafi leader Borhamy attacks Pope Frances for recognizing Darwin’s theory
Yasser al-Borhamy, vice president of the Salafi Daawa, blasted statements Pope Frances made on Tuesday, accepting scientific theories of evolution…
PM Beblawy offers condolences to Pope, US condemns ‘heinous’ attack
Egypt
October 22, 2013
PM Beblawy offers condolences to Pope, US condemns ‘heinous’ attack
Both Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawy and the US State Department condemned the Sunday attack on a church in Warraq that left…
Pope cancels weekly sermon to protest cathedral attack
Egypt
April 9, 2013
Pope cancels weekly sermon to protest cathedral attack
Pope Tawadros II announced Tuesday that he has cancelled his weekly sermon and postponed mourning for the victims of recent…
Pope Francis wants Church to be poor, and for the poor
World
March 16, 2013
Pope Francis wants Church to be poor, and for the poor
Pope Francis, giving his clearest indication yet that he wants a more austere Catholic Church, said on Saturday that it…
Argentina’s Bergoglio elected as new pope
World
March 13, 2013
Argentina’s Bergoglio elected as new pope
Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected in a surprise choice to be the new leader of the troubled Roman…
A politicized papacy: Analysts look at new pope’s political agenda
Egypt
November 22, 2012
A politicized papacy: Analysts look at new pope’s political agenda
Newly ordained Pope Tawadros II's first meeting took place on Tuesday with figures from the leftist Popular Current led by…
Spirituality first: Tawadros and the new church
Egypt
November 7, 2012
Spirituality first: Tawadros and the new church
A popular Coptic liturgical hymn preceded the Sunday altar lottery, when Bishop Tawadros was chosen as the 118th pope of…
Coptic Christians have a new shepherd
Egypt
November 4, 2012
Coptic Christians have a new shepherd
Acting Pope Pachomius named his former pupil, Bishop Tawadros, as the 118th patriarch of the Coptic Church on Sunday, after…
Tawadros II: The 118th pope of the Coptic Church
Egypt
November 4, 2012
Tawadros II: The 118th pope of the Coptic Church
Bishop Tawadros, a trained pharmacist who headed a medicine factory, was chosen Sunday as the 118th pope to lead Egypt's…