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11 May 2011 – Egypt’s Christian minority looks
toward the future with hope for greater freedoms for all
citizens but continues to have some fear that the
revolution will be hijacked by Muslim fundamentalists,
said the Vatican’s nuncio to Egypt. Read more...
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11 May 2011 – Egyptian police must act
more quickly against Muslim rioters, a Catholic bishop
said after 12 people were killed and two churches burned
in a night of violence. Read more...
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11 May 2011 – Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, the papal nuncio to Egypt, offers insight into the relationship in Egypt between Christians and Muslims. Read more...
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10 May 2011 – At least 12 people were killed and more than 100 were injured in attacks on Orthodox churches in Imbaba, part of metropolitan Cairo. Read more...
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03 May 2011 – The top church official
in Libya said he was praying to Blessed John Paul II for
peace and an end to civilian casualties in the North
African country. Read more...
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02 May 2011 – In an unusual move, the Israeli
government sent an official delegate to the beatification of
Pope John Paul II, choosing a government official who
survived the Holocaust because he was entrusted to a
Catholic family. Read more...
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27 Apr 2011 – Saying he came as
a “voice of peace,” Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron joined hundreds of religious leaders at a Holy Thursday
vigil outside an Islamic center to condemn intolerance and
hatred toward Muslims. Read more...
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26 Apr 2011 – In the Old City of Jerusalem, several hundred Catholic pilgrims from around the world gathered for the Easter Vigil at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Read more...
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