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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
4/2/2022 1:01:39 PM
Pope Francis said Saturday he is studying a possible visit to Kyiv and he blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching a ``savage'' war. Speaking after his arrival in Malta, he delivered his most pointed and personalized denunciation yet of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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World
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International
3/31/2022 4:23:39 PM
Drums pounded through the frescoed halls of the Apostolic Palace on Thursday and out into St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis welcomed a First Nations delegation seeking an apology for the Catholic Church's role in running Canada's notorious residential schools.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/27/2022 2:16:12 PM
Pope Francis has stepped up his pleas for negotiations to end the fighting in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/22/2022 2:28:38 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Tuesday on Pope Francis to mediate in his country's conflict with Russia to help alleviate human suffering, nearly one month into Moscow's invasion.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/19/2022 10:19:49 PM
Pope Francis on Saturday visited Ukrainian children who have fled the Russian invasion and are being cared for at the Vatican's paediatric hospital in Rome.
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World
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International
3/19/2022 7:38:25 PM
Pope Francis released his long-awaited reform program of the Holy See bureaucracy on Saturday that envisages greater decision-making roles for the laity and gives new institutional weight to efforts to fight clerical sex abuse.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
2/28/2022 2:54:32 PM
The Vatican is "ready to help" negotiations to stop the war in Ukraine after Moscow's invasion, Pope Francis's number two said in interviews published Monday.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
2/27/2022 2:49:52 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to fighting in Ukraine on the fourth day of a Russian invasion of the country.
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World
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International
2/20/2022 7:58:57 PM
The death toll from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 152, authorities said Sunday, as the pope sent his condolences.
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World
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Region
2/20/2022 6:01:43 PM
Pope Francis on Sunday hailed healthcare workers as heroes for their service every day, not just during the pandemic, asking the public in St. Peter's Square to join with him in applause.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
2/16/2022 6:32:00 PM
Egypt is reassuming its crucial role in promoting an enlightened understanding of Islam supported by its determination to root a wider culture of human rights, writes Moushira Khattab, president of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
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Egypt
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Society
2/12/2022 3:46:44 PM
Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II inaugurated on Saturday the Cathedral of Annunciation and the Angel Gabriel in Al-Amal Axis in eastern Alexandria.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
2/5/2022 5:00:02 PM
Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II inaugurated on Saturday the Church of the Virgin and Saint Mary of Egypt in the new Ahalina 2 Residential Project in Cairo’s El-Salam City, the church announced.
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Sports
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Omni sports
2/2/2022 3:39:42 PM
Pope Francis paid tribute Wednesday to Paralympians and refugee athletes, offering his best wishes for a successful Beijing Olympics and calling for sports to ``make a more fraternal world.''
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Egypt
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Society
1/5/2022 8:05:22 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly paid a visit on Wednesday to the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to offer Christmas greetings to Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Egyptian cabinet announced.
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Egypt
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Society
1/4/2022 7:32:55 PM
Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb and Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday paid a visit to the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to offer greetings to Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church on the occasion of Christmas.
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Egypt
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Society
1/2/2022 4:22:56 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, inaugurated on Saturday evening the completed renovations at St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, which was the target of a terrorist attack on Palm Sunday in 2017.
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World
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International
1/1/2022 2:34:14 PM
Pope Francis ushered in the new year Saturday by praising the skills women bring to promoting peace in the world, and he equated violence against women to an offense against God.
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Egypt
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Society
12/31/2021 4:55:00 PM
The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II will lead on Friday evening New Year’s mass at St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, local reports cited the cathedral as saying.
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Egypt
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Society
12/30/2021 4:45:53 PM
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb greeted Thursday Pope Francis of the Vatican, head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I as well as all Christians around the world on the occasion of Christmas.
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