{"id":28072,"date":"2018-04-09T06:48:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T06:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=28072"},"modified":"2018-04-09T06:48:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T06:48:05","slug":"egypt-help-faithful-stay-coptic-pope-tawadros-ii-john-newton-acn-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/04\/09\/egypt-help-faithful-stay-coptic-pope-tawadros-ii-john-newton-acn-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT: \u201cHelp our faithful to stay\u201d &#8211; \u00a0Coptic Pope Tawadros II &#8211; John Newton \u2013 ACN UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>EGYPT<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0\u201cHelp our faithful to stay\u201d &#8211; \u00a0Coptic Pope Tawadros II<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has called on a Catholic charity to redouble its efforts to help Christians stay in the Middle East. Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II made the plea at a meeting with Neville Kyrke-Smith, national director of Aid to the Church in Need (UK), during a visit to Egypt. Pope Tawadros said: \u201cI would ask you please to support the presence of Christians in this land and in the Middle East. Christians are a vital presence \u2013 and a buffer in the Middle East between Sunnis and Shi\u2018as. Please do not help the Christians to leave but help them to stay. Everyone needs the stability which comes with the presence of Christians.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Aid to the Church in Need<\/em> is supporting projects in Egypt including repair of churches and convents \u2013 particularly those destroyed by extremist violence in 2013 after the fall of President Morsi \u2013 assistance for youth work, and Mass stipends for priests. ACN is also helping Christians stay in Iraq by rebuilding towns and villages on the Nineveh Plains destroyed by extremist group Daesh (ISIS). At the meeting with Mr Kyrke-Smith, on 20<sup>th<\/sup> March, Pope Tawadros said the attacks by Daesh and other extremist groups on Egypt\u2019s Christians were intended to destroy the good relations between different groups within Egyptian society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said: \u201cThe situation in Egypt has improved and is more stable&#8230; The attacks in recent years were not so many attacks against Christians, Muslims or security forces but attacks against national unity. The attackers wanted to destroy unity \u2013 but we stand and we pray\u2026 trying to give an example of Jesus Christ with an open heart and open arms for all.\u201d Pope Tawadros also stressed the importance of building bridges not only with other Christians but with other faiths, stating that the visit of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman last month was of \u201cgreat significance\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He said the April 2017 meeting with Pope Francis was important for both Churches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He went on: \u201cIt was very good to pray together with the heads of the Churches in Egypt in the chapel of St Peter at St Mark\u2019s Cathedral.\u201d \u00a0Pope Tawadros added how welcome he had felt when he visited Rome in 2013 and first met Pope Francis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Kyrke-Smith also met with the Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Sidrak who also said that there were signs of change for the better. Patriarch Sidrak said: \u201cRecent developments including the visit of Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the Pope\u2019s meeting with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and the visit of Pope Francis are important steps of hope for all Egyptians.\u201d\u00a0 He added, \u201cPope Francis gave us a lot of encouragement \u2013 the prayer service involving Pope Tawadros in the chapel of St Peter at St Mark\u2019s Cathedral in Alexandria was very significant, as was the Mass held at the sports stadium in New Cairo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>John Newton \u2013 ACN UK<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EGYPT \u00a0\u201cHelp our faithful to stay\u201d &#8211; \u00a0Coptic Pope Tawadros II \u00a0 The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has called on a Catholic charity to redouble its efforts to help Christians stay in the Middle East. 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