Focolare Movement

A day to remember Coptic-Catholic friendship

May 10, 2017

On May 10, 2013, Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited Pope Francis at the Vatican for the first time. In memory of that historic meeting, when he returned to Egypt he declared a day of Coptic-Catholic friendship that has been held ever since on May 10. The pope recently repaid the visit […]

On May 10, 2013, Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited Pope Francis at the Vatican for the first time. In memory of that historic meeting, when he returned to Egypt he declared a day of Coptic-Catholic friendship that has been held ever since on May 10. The pope recently repaid the visit when he went to Cairo.

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