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| THE CRY OF THE COPTS |
| Raymond Arroyo |
| Raymond Arroyo is an internationally recognized, award-winning journalist, producer, and bestselling author, seen each week in more than 100 million homes around the globe on EWTN. He has worked for the Associated Press, the political columnist team of Evans and Novak, and as a Capitol Hill Correspondent. As host and creator of EWTN’s international news magazine, "The World Over Live", Arroyo has interrogated the leading figures of the day. Highlights include: The first, exclusive, sit down interview with Mel Gibson on the set of his film, “The Passion of the Christ” and a landmark interview with Pope Benedict XVI: the only English language conversation ever recorded with the pontiff. Arroyo and his work have been featured on "The Today Show", "Good Morning America", "Hannity and Colmes", "Access Hollywood", “CNN Headline News”, "The Laura Ingraham Show", and other programs. His writings have been published by Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, The Financial Times, and The National Catholic Register. A graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Arroyo is author of the New York Times Bestsellers: Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve and a Network of Miracles (Doubleday) and Mother Angelica''s Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality (Doubleday). |
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
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| For Christians in the Middle East, the practice of their faith is test of physical and spiritual fortitude. Last weekend St. Mark's Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Church in Cairo was upended by sectarian violence. During a funeral service (ironically commemorating those slain during sectarian clashes), the church was invaded by a mob wielding sticks, rocks, and firebombs. The Egyptian police did nothing to quell the violence. When it was over the police threw tear gas into the church. Now Pope Tawadros is condemning the empty promises of the Egyptian leadership, which had issued assurances that they would protect this endangered community. Surely the international community and the US State Department should do something to intervene at this point. Particularly when just last month the US released $250 million dollars to Egypt as a reward for their "political reforms." President Obama has already promised more than a billion dollars of US aid this year alone. Shouldn't guaranteeing religious freedom and basic human rights for all Egyptians be part of that aid? Nina Shea, a human rights and religious freedom advocate will join me this week on the World Over to discuss. Let me know what you think at raymond@raymondarroyo.com. Here is a piece that goes into some depth: http://news.yahoo.com/egypts-christian-pope-blasts-islamist-president-093908770.html |
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