Religion

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  • 30 June Stadium ready for Pope Francis visit

    Date: 2017-04-27 11:08:09 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:6786744

    CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) - The Armed Forces took all necessary measures to receive Pope Francis at the 30 June Stadium inside the Olympic Village on Saturday, where he will lead a memorial prayer with more than 25,000 Coptic Christians from all ....

  • Azhar imam opens int'l peace conf.

    Date: 2017-04-27 10:07:04 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:6786713

    CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed Tayyeb opened on Thursday Al Azhar's International Peace Conference. A cluster of religious leaderships worldwide attends the event to send a message that all religious icons and ....

  • Iftaa: Meeting between Vatican Pope, Azhar top imam refutes Takfiri claims

    Date: 2017-04-27 10:03:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:23 - ID:6786697

    CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) - The Fatwa monitoring observatory of Egypt's Darul Iftaa stressed that the expected meeting between Pope Francis of the Vatican and Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb refutes claims of Takfiri groups that conflict is the ....

  • Pope Francis starts historic visit to Egypt Friday

    Date: 2017-04-27 09:33:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:21 - ID:6786586

    CAIRO, April 27 (MENA) - Vatican Pope Francis is slated to start on Friday a historic visit to Egypt at an invitation from President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El Sisi, the Coptic Orthodox pope and Al Azhar sheikh. All necessary measures were taken ....

  • Niqabat Al Ashraf welcomes Vatican pope's visit to Egypt

    Date: 2017-04-27 07:55:46 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:10 - ID:6786552

    CAIRO, ِApril 27 (MENA) – Niqabat Al Ashraf welcomed the visit by Vatican Pope Francis to Egypt on Friday. During his first visit to Egypt, Pope Francis will attend the Azhar International Peace Conference - which is due to open later ....

  • 2nd session of Muslim, church councils kicks off, 3 last Cairo

    Date: 2017-04-26 10:57:30 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:6785142

    Secretary General of the International Church Council Olav Fykse stressed the importance of Muslim-Christian cooperation to achieve peace and equality in rights and obligations. This is the goal of the inter-faith dialogue, Fykse noted. He ....

  • 2nd session of Muslim, church councils kicks off, 2 Cairo

    Date: 2017-04-26 10:19:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:6785075

    Addressing the session, head of the Muslim Council of Elders Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb stressed the importance of citizenship to achieve equality in rights and obligations between Muslims and non Muslims. He denied claims that terrorism is linked with ....

  • 2nd session of Muslim, church councils kicks off

    Date: 2017-04-26 10:00:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:26 - ID:6785066

    CAIRO, April 26 (MENA) - The second session of a dialogue between the Muslim Council of Elders and the International Church Council kicked off here Wednesday. The session tackles the role of religious leaders in activating initiatives of ....

  • Pope Tawadros hails EAAF's churches renovation, new churches law

    Date: 2017-04-26 08:34:10 GMT - Kuwait - Religion - SN:14 - ID:6784825

    KUWAIT CITY, April 26 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria hailed the role played by the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces (EAAF) in overhauling churches. In statements late Tuesday on the fringe of his visit to Kuwait, the pope deemed ....

  • Anba Daniel receives WWC delegation

    Date: 2017-04-26 06:58:35 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:5 - ID:6784772

    CAIRO, April 26 (MENA) - Bishop of Maadi Anba Daniel has received a delegation from the World Churches Council (WCC) under Secretary General Olav Fykse Tveit. The talks tackled the challenges besetting Egypt, especially terror. The talks also ....

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