Egypt’s churches differentiate between national, political roles, says Coptic pope May 20, 2019 at 3:15 am | Published in: Africa , Egypt , Europe & Russia , News , Switzerland May 20, 2019 at 3:15 am Egypt’s churches distinguish between their national and political roles, the country’s Coptic pope, Tawadros II, said yesterday.”Politicians have their own speciality, which I didn’t study,” Tawadros told ME Sat .

“All Copts are Egyptians, including myself. Our [Christian] role is to participate in our homeland’s prosperity, practice our rights as Egyptians,” the pope pointed out, adding that politics were being participated through “legal political parties.”

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“Egypt’s church is not a political party,” he stressed.

On Friday, Tawadros II arrived in Germany’s city of Bitburg as part of a three-day pastoral trip to Europe. Prior to Germany, the pope visited Switzerland’s Zurich city, where he inaugurated a church. Tawadross was also reported to have inaugurated the Saint Athanasius the Apostle Church in Bitburg.

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