Tag: civil society

As Pope Meets Putin, Expectations High for Syria Resolution

11:30AM EST 11/21/2013 Eric J. Lyman/RNS Eric J Lyman in Charisma News:   Next week’s summit between Pope Francis and Russian President Vladmir Putin may be the most important meeting between a…

Egypt Introduces Quota for Women and Copts in Parliament

The constituent assembly amending Egypt’s suspended constitution has decided to introduce a quota for women, Coptic Christians and youths in parliament, sources said. The sources added that the assembly has formed a…

AINA: MPs Debate Persecution of Christians

MPs raised concerns over the increasing persecution of Christians in the Middle East in a debate held in Westminster Hall this week. “Extreme suffering” Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, who led the debate,…

Fears Replace Egyptian Christians’ High Expectations

MAR GIRGIS MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) — There is no sign of the hundreds of thousands of Christian pilgrims who flock here every November. No tattoo artists inscribing crosses on the wrists of…