Today on Register Radio, Samuel Tadros, an Egyptian Copt, who serves as research fellow with the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, joins us for the entire program to talk about the violence against Coptic Christians in Egypt.
In the fascinating and informative interview, Tadros provides an overview of the violence that occurred on October 9, which resulted in the death of at least 25 Coptic Christians and outlines the persecution that Christians in Egypt face from a general atmosphere of intolerance for Christians, the Egyptian government and its security forces, and Salafi Muslims.
Tadros described how the Arab Spring movement, which has led to the collapse of the state government, has resulted in increased persecution and violence against Christians in Egypt. He repeated Nina Shea’s prediction that the recent violence will result in a mass exodus of Coptic Christians from Egypt, but noted that unlike the Jewish people, Copts have no place to go in the Middle East.
Tadros also lets listeners know how they can help support our Christian brothers and sisters in Egypt. To find out more, listen to the program at 2 p.m. ET on EWTN, or download and listen to the podcast on Register Radio’s web page beginning at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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When one reads the Gospel of Mark, one must think of the Coptic Christians. Many are not aware that this Gospel was written by the secretary of St. Peter, who went on to become the bishop who established the Coptic Church in Egypt. As one of our sister churches, the Coptic Church has Apostolic succession and all the Sacraments. They are close to our hearts and always in Almighty God’s.
We recently dropped our subscription to the “Cincinnati Enquirer” due to economic and moral reasons. We had to choose one paper for our budget, which was the National Catholic Register. Besides economics, was the fact that we could not stand the scandalous way in which the mainstream media is promoting an agenda based on a false value system.
So when the Cincinnati Enquirer called our home today in order to get us to resubscribe, we said that when the Cincinnati Enquirer really reports the news, news that matters, such as Coptic Christians being run over by Egyptian army vehicles and puts it on the front page. we will reconsider.
Until then I do not intend to pay for the secular newspaper twice. After all, I now read it at the public library, where my taxes pay for it.
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