Al-Ahram Weekly

Message of goodwill and justice

Although Pope John Paul II said that no political significance should be attached to his millennial spiritual pilgrimage, the pontiff's first visit to Egypt was replete with a political as well as a religious message. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports

In the footsteps of Moses
At Mount Sinai, Pope John Paul II urged Christians, Jews and Muslims to honour God by seeking a better understanding of one another. Nadia Abou El-Magd reports from a site rich in religious history

Finding a common language
Tarek Atia speaks to Ali El-Samman, a major player in the world of dialogue between religions

A tale of two popes
Pope John Paul II's visit has raised questions about the nature of the relationship between the Coptic Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Churches. Mariz Tadros sounds out the clerics

Covering the Pope
A symbolic visit creates a media frenzy. Tarek Atia takes a ride with the image-makers


	(l) President Mubarak gives Pope John Paul II a warm welcome at the airport; kissing the soil of Egypt upon arrival; a warm greeting at Al-Azhar; Mubarak bidding the Pope farewell; (center) the treasures of St Catherine's Monastery; (r) famous actresses Nadia Lutfi and Youssra at the Friday mass. Pope John Paul and Pope Shenouda III in ecumenical prayer with other leaders of the churches in Egypt

		Al-Ahram Weekly 2 - 8 March 2000 Issue No. 471
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