http://www.mcndirect.com/MidEast Christian NewsSohag (Egypt), 20 May /MCN/ A massive fire broke out late Sunday night in the church of the Virgin Mary in Tema, Sohag [Upper Egypt], and resulted in significant losses in the church building due to fire trucks’ delayed arrival...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45825Mon, 20 May 2013 21:34:45 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Hussein Abdel Razek, a leader of el-Tagammu el-Masri Party, said some indicators suggest that the fire that devoured the church of Virgin Mary in Tema, Sohag [Upper Egypt]...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45822Mon, 20 May 2013 21:17:22 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May, /MCN/ The failure to bring kidnappers to trial in addition to calls for reducing the legal marriage age of girls are the largest factors behind...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45826Mon, 20 May 2013 21:41:06 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Deputy head of the Egyptian Democratic Social Party Emad Gad said, “The court’s response to the request submitted by Abu Islam’s defense staff is a reflection of...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45824Mon, 20 May 2013 21:32:12 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ The request by Abu Islam's defense staff to change the secretary of the session because he is a Christian was responded to...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45794Mon, 20 May 2013 14:22:42 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Lawyer of the Coptic defendants of Khosos Tharwat Bekheit said while the Christian defendants are accused of murder and attempted murder...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45820Mon, 20 May 2013 21:05:52 GMTNewsBeni Suef (Egypt), 20 May /MCN/ The opposition judge of Beba's Misdemeanor Court, Hossam el-Din Farid, ordered a renewal of the imprisonment of Zaki Tawfik Andrawes, his wife...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45816Mon, 20 May 2013 20:46:54 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Sheikh Mohamed Abdullah Nasr, coordinator of the Azharion Front for the Civil State, said that the ruling regime and Muslim Brotherhood are behind the burning of Virgin Mary Church in the Egyptian city of Tama...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45827Mon, 20 May 2013 21:50:10 GMTNewsWashington, D.C., 20 May /MCN/ During the State Department Daily Briefing, acting deputy spokesperson Patrick Ventrell said that the department is “deeply concerned by the growing...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45823Mon, 20 May 2013 21:21:46 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Chairperson of the National Association for Human Rights Amir Salem criticized the court’s response to the request submitted by Abu Islam's defense staff to change...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45821Mon, 20 May 2013 21:13:47 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Constitutional expert Essam el-Islamboli criticized the court’s response to the request submitted by the lawyer of Abu Islam...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45818Mon, 20 May 2013 20:58:55 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May, /MCN/ Various revolutionary movements and activists called on Egyptian people to participate in a funeral march to commemorate the forty day period...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45806Mon, 20 May 2013 18:30:15 GMTNewsLuxor (Egypt), 20 May /MCN/ Defense staff of Luxor’s Coptic teacher Demiana Ebeid Abdel Nour, accused of insulting Islam, held a meeting to... http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45817Mon, 20 May 2013 20:53:57 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Dr. Ihab Ramzi said the court’s response to the request of Abu Islam’s lawyers to change the Christian secretary of the court is...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45808Mon, 20 May 2013 18:52:09 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Father Lamei says the decision is an insult against Christianity and Christian people and stressed the need to submit an appeal...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45804Mon, 20 May 2013 18:18:42 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ The operation to release the kidnapped soldiers has been postponed so further negotiations can take place using intermediaries from...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45796Mon, 20 May 2013 15:28:50 GMTNewsAssiut (Egypt), 20 May /MCN/ Bishop Kyrillos said the recent meeting between Coptic-Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and Pope Francis represented an ecumenical watershed...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45792Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:49 GMTNewsCairo, 20 May /MCN/ Egyptian judicial sources revealed the Muslim Brotherhood is working to pass the Judicial Authority Law to reduce the age of retirement... http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45790Mon, 20 May 2013 13:45:08 GMTNewsMinya (Egypt), 20 May /MCN/ Unknown people kidnapped a 6-year-old Coptic child from the Minya village of Delga on Sunday. The kidnappers demanded his family pay...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45788Mon, 20 May 2013 12:49:20 GMTNewsCairo, 19 May /MCN/ Dr. Amina Nusair said that Islamic currents and the Muslim Brotherhood psychologically assassinated the legitimate and God given rights of women…http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45773Sun, 19 May 2013 21:25:01 GMTNewsNorth Sinai, Egypt, 19 May /MCN/ Father Youssef Sobhi, priest of St. George’s Church in Rafah, was verbally abused and threatened by a Bedouin in Arish, North Sinai on Sunday...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45776Sun, 19 May 2013 21:37:38 GMTNewsDamascus, 19 May /MCN/ Syrian President Bashar el-Assad said they have preliminary information that Archbishops Youhana Ibrahim and Boulous al-Yazgi are at...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45775Sun, 19 May 2013 21:33:47 GMTNewsBeirut, 19 May /MCN/ Head of the Syriac League Habib Afram said a month has passed since the kidnapping of the two archbishops Boulos Yazigi and Yohanna Ibrahim and there is no confirmed information about them...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45774Sun, 19 May 2013 21:29:46 GMTNewsEdinburgh, 19 May /MCN/ The Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland expressed his grave concerns over the plight of Christians across...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45766Sun, 19 May 2013 14:41:23 GMTNewsRome, 18 May /MCN/ Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles said that Pope Tawadros II's visit to the Vatican was successful and brought positive results regarding...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45721Fri, 17 May 2013 19:13:35 GMTNewsAlexandria (Egypt), 18 May /MCN/ A Copt named Sherif Sedki from Dikheila (west of Alexandria) died from wounds resulting from birdshot late on Friday. http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45741Sat, 18 May 2013 13:39:26 GMTNewsBenghazi (Libya), 18 May /MCN/ Libyan media reports said four attacks were carried out by unknown people in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Saturday... http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45757Sat, 18 May 2013 20:02:12 GMTNewsAlexandria (Egypt), 18 May /MCN/ Sherif Sedky was killed on Friday when he was shot with birdshot during clashes in Alexandria between a Christian and a Muslim...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45753Sat, 18 May 2013 17:48:47 GMTNewsCairo, 18 May /MCN/ The Egyptian police are the main suspect in the attack on the cathedral, but the mastermind of the attack is still unknown said...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45752Sat, 18 May 2013 17:10:15 GMTNewsMinya (Egypt), 18 May /MCN/ Security officials in Minya suspended construction of a church building in Taha villiage despite the existence of necessary licenses.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45739Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:12 GMTNewsJerusalem, 18 May /MCN/ An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue according to the Associated Press... http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45746Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:02 GMTMidEast Christians in MediaCairo, 18 May /MCN/ According to human rights activists, there has been a surge in blasphemy charges in Egypt in recent months writes the Associated Press...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45745Sat, 18 May 2013 14:58:44 GMTMidEast Christians in MediaAlexandria, Egypt, 18 May /MCN/ The west Alexandria prosecution has detained those accused of causing the attacks that took place in front of the Virgin Mary’s Church... http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45756Sat, 18 May 2013 19:34:57 GMTNewsCairo, 18 May /MCN/ Forty days after the aggressions that targeted Copts in Khosos and St. Mark’s cathedral the perpetrators have not been held accountable... http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45751Sat, 18 May 2013 17:02:30 GMTNewsRome, 18 May /MCN/ Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald told Vatican Radio that Christians should become more engaged in post-Arab Spring politics.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45744Sat, 18 May 2013 14:56:17 GMTNewsLuxor (Egypt), 17 May /MCN/ Ebeid Abdel Nour, father of Coptic teacher Demiana Abdel Nour accused of insulting Islam, said that his daughter...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45718Fri, 17 May 2013 17:51:49 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Nasser Ameen stressed that the Building and Development Party's initiative is not acceptable.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45731Fri, 17 May 2013 21:58:51 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Dr. Abdel-Moniem el-Said said that Coptic issues are well understood, yet the Muslim Brotherhood will not resolve them.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45730Fri, 17 May 2013 21:49:23 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Fr. Ikram Lamie, chairperson of the Evangelical Synod, said, "Gamaat Islamiyya should abandon its ideas and historic heritage to accept the initiative...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45727Fri, 17 May 2013 21:19:10 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May / MCN/ Dr. Maher Aziz, chairperson of the Egyptian Solidarity Organization, said Gamaat Islamiyya is cunning and savvy, describing its call for dialogue to resolve the Coptic issues as political deception to achieve political aims.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45728Fri, 17 May 2013 21:21:35 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Egypt witnessed a number of marches from the Cairene neighborhoods of Shubra, Sayeda Zeinab and Dokki to Tahrir Square, until the title...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45723Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:55 GMTNewsMinya, Egypt, 18 May /MCN/ A session was held at the Menbal village council of Matai on Saturday evening to discuss attacks carried out towards Copts and their...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45759Sat, 18 May 2013 21:38:33 GMTNewsBeirut, 17 May /MCN/ Political, social and civil movements called for a solidarity meeting to support Aleppo's kidnapped archbishops Mar Paul Yazigi and Mar Youhana Ibrahim, who were...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45726Fri, 17 May 2013 21:13:53 GMTNewsCentral African Republic, 17 May /MCN/ Militia soldiers in the Central African Republic are looting and destroying Christian churches and mission stations.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45714Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:37 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Dr. Mohamed Mounir Meghaed, public coordinator for Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination (MARED), said that the Muslim Brotherhood...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45707Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:27 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ A march has been launched from Cairo’s neighborhood of Shubra to the Radio and Television Building in Maspero to mourn the victims...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45713Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:54 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Prosecution of Copts for allegations of contempt of Islam has recently increased...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45708Fri, 17 May 2013 15:55:48 GMTReportsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ The democratic organization Egyptian Solidarity called for the removal of religious defamation laws from the Egyptian...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45710Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:23 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Dr. Sameh Fawzi said that if Gamaat Islamiyya is serious about the “One Nation and Coexistence” initiative, then it must provide real solutions to Coptic problems.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45702Fri, 17 May 2013 14:41:50 GMTNewsParis, 17 May /MCN/ Several international human rights organizations denounced the transfer of Coptic teacher Demiana Abdel Nour, Luxor [southern Egypt]...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45696Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:54 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ Emad Gad said Gamaat Islamiyya's call for dialogue with Copts is primarily designed to rescue the failing Islamic initiative.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45701Fri, 17 May 2013 14:25:49 GMTNewsCairo, 17 May /MCN/ The political researcher Dr. Ammar Ali Hassan said the call by Gamaat Islamiyya for dialogue with Copts to solve their problems is closely related to the upcoming elections...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45695Fri, 17 May 2013 13:07:11 GMTNewsCairo, 16 May /MCN/ Human rights activist Said Abdel-Hafez said, “It is strange that a party which adopts the ideas of Gamma Islameya invites the Copts to discuss their problems..."http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45687Thu, 16 May 2013 21:43:04 GMTNewsNew York, 16 May /MCN/ The New York Times reported that, according to official U.S. data, the United States awarded 1,417 applications for asylum to Egyptians...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45685Thu, 16 May 2013 20:48:04 GMTMidEast Christians in MediaMinya (Egypt), 16 May /MCN/ Father Makarius Beshara, priest of St. Tadros Church in the Mattai village of Menbal tells the details of the sectarian violence that...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45666Thu, 16 May 2013 15:16:59 GMTNewsCairo, 16 May /MCN/ Counselor Amir Ramzi of Cairo’s Court of Appeals said, “Coptic issues should be resolved using national and intellectual methods..."http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45679Thu, 16 May 2013 19:34:20 GMTNewsCairo, 16 May, /MCN/ Rev. Refaat Fikri, head of the Media Center of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, said the problems facing Egyptian Christians...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45672Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:26 GMTNewsAmman, 16 May /MCN/ Archbishop Maroun Lahham of Jordan said that a silent, candlelit march will be held on Tuesday to demand the release of the kidnapped Aleppo bishops.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45678Thu, 16 May 2013 19:31:18 GMTNewsCairo, 16 May /MCN/ Amin Alexander, head of the Karama Party, rejected the initiative launched by Gamaat Islamiyya on Wednesday to address the problems facing Copts in Egypt...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45671Thu, 16 May 2013 17:30:52 GMTNewsAbuja, 16 May /MCN/ News agency BosNewsLife (BNL) reports, “Suspected Islamic militants have killed a Christian leader in north-eastern Nigeria shortly...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45664Thu, 16 May 2013 14:11:15 GMTNewsMinya (Egypt), 16 May /MCN/ A number of human rights activists condemned the consecutive attacks that target Copts and their properties, particularly in the Egyptian governorate of Minya...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45670Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:14 GMTNewsCairo, 16 May /MCN/ The Coptic Advisory Council (CAC) in Cairo called for a neutral judicial body to re-investigate the case concerning the Luxor teacher accused of insulting Islam.http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45669Thu, 16 May 2013 16:42:20 GMTNewsCairo, 16 May /MCN/ Coptic intellectual Kamal Zakher said that he is not opposed to the idea of Gamaat Islamiyya holding a dialogue to...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45665Thu, 16 May 2013 14:47:00 GMTNewsMinya (Egypt), 16 May /MCN/ Ezzat Ibrahim Ezzat, Director of the Kalema Center for Human Rights, said, “They were surprised when unknown individuals opened fire...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45652Wed, 15 May 2013 21:20:57 GMTNewsAssiut (Egypt), 15 May /MCN/ The Coptic family of the kidnapped girl from Assiut’s city of Abu Teeg received a phone call from the kidnapper Hossam Abdel Rafea....http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45651Wed, 15 May 2013 21:13:30 GMTNewsMinya (Egypt), 15 May /MCN/ The Mattai Prosecution ruled to release six Muslims accused of attacking Copts in the Minya village of Menbal [Upper Egypt], and St. Tadros Church and the Prince Tadros Association for Social Services in the village...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45647Wed, 15 May 2013 20:02:37 GMTNewsQaliubiya (Egypt), 15 May /MCN/ His Grace Bishop Maximos of Benha said, “Egypt lives within us. We would remain living in it and love each other whatever he might have done...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45643Wed, 15 May 2013 17:51:55 GMTNewsDahuk (Iraq), 15 May /MCN/ The Assyrian Syraic Chaldean Public Council renewed its call for the Iraqi government to respond to the demands of Christians...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45649Wed, 15 May 2013 20:16:50 GMTNewsIslamabad, 15 May /MCN/ Rights activists and Christian leaders have called on former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to protect religious minorities...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45638Wed, 15 May 2013 14:08:15 GMTMidEast Christians in MediaCairo, 15 May /MCN/ The Free Egyptians Party announced its rejection and resistance to attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood to take Egyptian culture...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45633Wed, 15 May 2013 12:27:16 GMTNewsCairo, 15 May /MCN/ Ppposition activists, human rights lawyers, and friends and supporters of Ahmed Douma and six other activits facing trial gathered at...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45631Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:10 GMTNewsLuxor (Egypt), 14 May /MCN/ Luxor's Attorney General Talaat Abdullah ordered the release of Coptic teacher Demiana Abdel Nour on 20,000 EGP bail, pending investigations...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45617Tue, 14 May 2013 14:50:46 GMTNewsWashington, 14 May /MCN There is zero tolerance for any non-Muslim religions in Saudi Arabia said Nina Shea to FoxNews, days after two men were dealt...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45620Tue, 14 May 2013 15:58:06 GMTMidEast Christians in MediaMinya, Egypt, 14 May /MCN/ More than two dozen thugs carried out an attack on a number of Copts’ shops, Monday evening, in the Menbal village of Mattai, Minya [Upper Egypt}...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45613Tue, 14 May 2013 13:01:16 GMTNewsCairo, 14 May /MCN/ Dr. Samir Sabri, a lawyer, filed a complaint to the Supreme State Security Prosecution against ‘Sheikh’ Ahmed Mamhoud Abdullah, known as Abu Islam...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45622Tue, 14 May 2013 17:42:47 GMTNewsMinya (Egypt), 14 May /MCN/ The Hayat Center for Human Rights (HCHR) condemned the attacks targeting Copts in the Mattai village of Menbal, Minya [Upper Egypt]...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45615Tue, 14 May 2013 14:29:15 GMTNewsPort Said (Egypt), 13 May /MCN/ St. Mina's Church in Port Said witnessed an attack from thugs this evening, after security forces http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45606Mon, 13 May 2013 22:12:06 GMTNewsMinya (Upper Egypt), 13 May /MCN/ A number of “thugs” attacked Coptic citizens in Menbal village, Minya [Upper Egypt]. The group attacked Coptic-owned businesses...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45604Mon, 13 May 2013 20:47:54 GMTNewsCairo, 13 May /MCN/ Coptic Easter revelries have come and gone, but “despite the revelry, this is a particularly uncertain time for Copts and...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45603Mon, 13 May 2013 20:09:19 GMTMidEast Christians in MediaRome, 13 May /MCN/ In an exclusive statement to MCN, Cardinal Kurt Koch said His Holiness Pope Francis I accepted...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45600Mon, 13 May 2013 18:37:11 GMTNewsLuxor (Egypt), 13 May /MCN/ An appeal submitted against the detainment of Demiana Ebeid Abdel Nour, accused of contempt of Islam, was refused by the opposition judge...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45598Mon, 13 May 2013 17:55:17 GMTNewsIstanbul, 13 May /MCN/ As the political crisis in Syria continues and affects all segments of society, Syriac people are also suffering...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45596Mon, 13 May 2013 16:41:29 GMTNewsCairo, 13 May /MCN/ Shura Council [Upper House] member Nadia Henry called for a serious stand to be taken against accusations of religious defamation...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45595Mon, 13 May 2013 16:21:25 GMTNewsDamascus, 13 May /MCN/ Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the Christian-majority village of Ghassaniyeh, in the Qusayr region of...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45591Mon, 13 May 2013 14:32:37 GMTMidEast Christians in MediaBekaa (Lebanon), 13 May /MCN/ Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Boulos Safar of Zahle and Bekaa, Lebanon, called on governments and officials to stop violence in Syria and uphold dialogue...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45590Mon, 13 May 2013 13:39:25 GMTNewsCanberra, 13 May /MCN/ A request has been made to Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs that the Egyptian Ambassador be called in regarding the ongoing...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45586Mon, 13 May 2013 12:07:09 GMTNewsLuxor (Egypt), 13 May /MCN/ The National Salvation Front (NSF) of Luxor expressed its solidarity with Coptic teacher Demiana Abdel Nour…http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45589Mon, 13 May 2013 13:33:15 GMTNewsRome, 13 May /MCN/ Bishop Brian Farrell said the meeting between H. H. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and H. H. Pope Francis I of the Vatican was a historic moment...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45587Mon, 13 May 2013 12:12:07 GMTNewsCairo, 13 May /MCN/ Several MPs of the civil bloc in the Shura Council submitted a request to the council today to form a fact-finding committee...http://www.mcndirect.com/showsubject.aspx?id=45584Mon, 13 May 2013 11:57:19 GMTNews