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The Catholic Church in Algeria is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Prior to independence, the European Catholic settlers had historic legacy and powerful presence, [3] but today Catholics constitute only a small minority.
Catholics in Egypt belong to seven distinct ritual Particular Churches sui iuris, the largest being the Coptic Catholic Church, led by its Patriarch of Alexandria. The majority of the Christians in Egypt are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
Jun 1, 2020 · “The Church in Algeria is a Church of encounter – the Jesuit Archbishop of Algiers, Mons. Paul Desfarges tells us – We have a mission: we must weave webs of friendship, of fraternity and peace with everyone. We are called to disarm hearts without being afraid because of our weaknesses and vulnerabilities”. Mons.
Sep 27, 2010 · You have the Catholic Church in Algeria as an official institution. You have many evangelical groups — without (formal) churches and these groups are proselytizing in the Berber areas, in Kabylie, and everyday, according to official census, six Algerians are converted to Christianity by these evangelical groups.
The Coptic Catholic Church's almost 164,000 members are in Egypt, particularly in Upper Egypt. In the 18th century, a Coptic Orthodox bishop became Catholic and the Pope appointed him Vicar Apostolic of the small community of Egyptian Coptic Catholics, which at that time numbered no more than 2,000.
Holy Rosary, the oldest of Egypt’s three Syrian Catholic churches, was built in 1904, enlarged from 1940 to 1950, reconstructed beginning in 1975 and finished in 1983. CNEWA helped finance the renovation of the church as well as the construction of the community’s clinic.
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Jul 13, 2008 · Most church closures have occurred in the eastern region of Kabylie, a mountainous area dominated by ethnic minority Berbers. "This is the most pressure Christians have faced in Algeria," said Farid Bouchama, an Algerian televangelist living in France.
