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Catholic in Cairo. Full text of interview with Rev. Douglas May. The Rev. Douglas May grew up in a small town near Buffalo, New York, but now serves as a Maryknoll missionary in Cairo, where he has worked for more than two decades. He is the only United States-born, English-speaking priest in Egypt. He provides pastoral care for several ...
Author: LOR. CATHOLICS IN EGYPT REFLECT CHURCH'S RICH AND VARIED TRADITIONS. LOR. Coptic Catholics. The pastoral care of Catholics in Egypt was entrusted to the Franciscans of the Holy Land, who visited Egypt several times a year until the Franciscan Order was established there in 1666.
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t. e. The Coptic Catholic Church [a] is an Eastern Catholic particular Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. Along with the Ethiopian Catholic Church and Eritrean Catholic Church, it belongs to the Alexandrian liturgical tradition. Uniquely among the Alexandrian Rite Eastern Catholic liturgies, the Coptic Catholic Church uses the ...
Apr 26, 2017 · On April 28-29, Pope Francis will become the second pope after St. John Paul II to visit Egypt. The largest Arab country, Muslim-majority Egypt is home to a large but persecuted Christian minority.
Feb 22, 2008 · The Coptic Church was able to continue to grow in Egypt and to expand down the Nile River into Sudan and Ethiopia. There are other Christians in Egypt, but these groups are not as numerous as the ...
May 17, 2023 · These include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic (Coptic Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Chaldean, Melkite, Maronite, Latin, and Syrian), Orthodox (Greek and Syrian), and Anglican/Episcopalian and other Protestants.
Mar 31, 2023 · By Joseph Tulloch. The Synod of Bishops of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria has elected two new heirarchs. The Reverend Thomas Esam William Bolos Faragalla will be consecrated bishop of the eparchy of Al Qusia, while the Rev.d Ayoub Matta Usama Shafik Akhnoukh will become bishop of Assiut. Background.
