Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2000
An interview of Bishop Kyrollos William, Coptic Catholic bishop of Assiut, regarding the visit of Pope John Paul II.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
The statements of the German bishop Karl Liman on the health condition of Pope John Paul II has broken the iron wall hiding the health condition of the old man who is 81-years old It raised discussions that were never raised in public before about the probabilities of the resignation of the Pope...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
"His Holiness: Pope John Paul II and the Hidden History of our Time" is the title of the book issued by the American Carl Bernstein [and Marco Politi]. It claims that Washington and the Vatican worked closely together in the final years of the Cold War.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2000
His Holiness Pope John Paul II will visit Saint Catherine’s monastery. His Holiness had made known his wish to visit the monastery to see the bush at which God talked to Moses.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
Pope John Paul II will go on Saturday to Saint Catherine’s mountain to make true an old wish that he has been waiting to fulfill. In the monastery of Saint Catherine a service led by the Pope and attended by 300 people chosen by the Catholic Church will be performed...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
Pope Shenouda will not attend the Mass that Pope John Paul II will pray in the covered hall. The reason is that the rituals of the Mass are different between the Catholic and the Orthodox rites. It is expected that Pope Shenouda will send a representative to the Mass.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
The question that Copts are asking now is whether the meeting of Pope John Paul II with Pope Shenouda will end or at least quicken the ending of the conflict between the Orthodox and the Catholic Churches. The disagreement goes back to more than 1500 years ago. It centers on a main issue, which is...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
It was expected that the visit of Pope John Paul II would start in Iraq, as did the trip of Abraham. He would then go to Egypt passing by Palestine. It was hoped that this trip would draw attention to the suffering of the Iraqi people and the hunger that was harming children before adults. However...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2000
Sub-title: The Vatican emphasizes its refusal of Israeli dominion over eastern Jerusalem and [its] fait-accompli policies
His Holiness Pope John Paul II is to arrive to Cairo next Thursday on the first visit of the pope of the Vatican to Egypt in response to the invitation of President Hosni...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 20, 2000
Egypt will receive this week His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Catholics number 300 thousand citizens in Egypt. In spite of their different denominations, not one of them came out to claim that there is persecution in Egypt.