In a historic visit to Rome, Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, will celebrate a liturgy in the Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran on Sunday to mark the 50th .
VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from St. Peter’s Square in a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic meeting of their predecessors. Tawadros, the Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, joined Francis on the stage for the entirety […]
To celebrate 50 years of relations between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark arrived at Rome International Airport on Tuesday, May 9, for a visit to Vatican City. Egypt’s Pope Tawadros began his trip by visiting the shrine