Posted on 02/07/2022 5:37:00 PM PST by marshmallow
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - In the intense urban development program launched in Egypt, each new urban district built in compliance with the guidelines established by the civil authorities will also have its own church, in accordance with the regulatory plan. This was confirmed by the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II, who, on Saturday, February 5, presided the celebrations for the inauguration of the new church built in El Salam City, an urban industrial and residential district that was built in recent years in the vast area of Cairo.
The declared intent of the presidential provisions - Egyptian political analysts report - is to guarantee to all citizens, Muslims and Christians, the opportunity to take part in celebrations, rites and activities of their own faith community.
The new church, dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary of Egypt, will become a central place for the community life of Christian families residing in the districts called Ahalina 1, Ahalina 2, Ahalina 3 and Qubaa. During the inauguration ceremony, Patriarch Tawadros consecrated three altars of the church. Then, in a passage from his sermon, Pope Tawadros (photo) thanked President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, the police forces and all the institutions that helped build the new place of worship.
The construction of the church, erected on an area of more than a thousand square meters, had begun in 2019. "It is nice" the Patriarch remarked in his sermon "that the political leadership is committed to guaranteeing the presence of at least one mosque and a church in every new urban residential reality".
The guidelines now promoted by the Egyptian political authorities gain importance also in light of the many problems and conflicts recorded in the past regarding the construction of new churches.
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That is good news. As long as the muslims don’t use it as a way of creating a target rich environment.
“That is good news. As long as the muslims don’t use it as a way of creating a target rich environment.”
Great news, as the Muslims would NEVER permit the churches to otherwise be built.
Sisi is a gift from God for the Christians there...heck he even celebrates Christmas.
And if the muslims know that the government policy is to have a church in every settlement, then they know destroying a church is just going to cause the government to rebuild it.
No wonder the Obama regime engineered the overthrow of Mubarek and installation of an Islamofascist, then did all it could (with the assistance of the DNC talking point regurg'ing partisan media shills) to oppose al-Sisi.
What Obama and Hillary did ousting Mubarek was awful....they didn’t stop with Liby...they moved on to Syria as well....anyone who they couldn’t control. Because that’s what they want....every nation leader on the same page.
They don't work for us.
No they don’t...they work for their own agendas which have little if nothing to do with us. ...I think this covid ‘control’ of the people has raised more than a few eyebrows on those folks.....and there’s one person dictating it all and has for a long time....Pelosi and her crowd.
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