New Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria

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"At 57, Sidrak is considered a young patriarch. According to some sources, his awareness of the position’s weighty responsibilities initially led him to reject the position, but he later accepted it on the insistence of his fellow bishops.

“Born Aug. 19, 1995 [sic - should be 1955], in the village of Bani Shouqayr, not far from Assiut, Msgr. Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak was ordained a priest Feb. 7, 1980. After completing his studies in Rome in 1988, he was the seminary’s professor of dogmatic theology, and from 2000 was its rector. He then had a sabbatical, after which he returned to Cairo, where he was named director of religious education of Salakini and professor at the faculty of theology of the same name in Cairo. Shortly after becoming parish priest of the new cathedral in Nasr City, Cairo, he was ordained bishop of Minya, November 15, 2002.”

Source: terrasanta.net/tsx/articolo.jsp?wi_number=4727&wi_codseq=%20%20%20%20%20%20&language=en
 
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I wonder…at this point - is the lack of the title “Pope” for the Coptic Catholic Patriarch more in deference to the Pope of Rome…or to prevent causing offense to the Coptic Orthodox? Or none of the above? Both the Greek Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox patriarchs of Alexandria use the title Pope.
 
twf said:
Axios!

I wonder…at this point - is the lack of the title “Pope” for the Coptic Catholic Patriarch more in deference to the Pope of Rome…or to prevent causing offense to the Coptic Orthodox? Or none of the above? Both the Greek Orthodox and Coptic Orthodox patriarchs of Alexandria use the title Pope.
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In Arabic (I used to be Coptic) we would pray for Papa Abba Shenouda III during the Divine Liturgy. Papa is Arabic. Pope is English. I will still call our Coptic Patriarch Papa.
 
Zekariya said:
In Arabic (I used to be Coptic) we would pray for Papa Abba Shenouda III during the Divine Liturgy. Papa is Arabic. Pope is English. I will still call our Coptic Patriarch Papa.
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So it is sort of like how canonically the heads of the Ukrainian and Syro-Malankara Catholic Churches are Major Archbishops, but within their own communities they are known as the Patriarch and Catholicos respectively?

I would be very pleased if the Coptic Catholic Patriarch was canonically recognized as the Catholic Pope of Alexandria… unless it would cause offense to the Coptic Orthodox and hinder any potential reunion talks. Most Latins won’t even know who he is (sadly), but he is (or at least should be) the number two bishop among all Catholic bishops around the world after Pope Benedict.
 
twf said:
So it is sort of like how canonically the heads of the Ukrainian and Syro-Malankara Catholic Churches are Major Archbishops, but within their own communities they are known as the Patriarch and Catholicos respectively?

I would be very pleased if the Coptic Catholic Patriarch was canonically recognized as the Catholic Pope of Alexandria… unless it would cause offense to the Coptic Orthodox and hinder any potential reunion talks. Most Latins won’t even know who he is (sadly), but he is (or at least should be) the number two bishop among all Catholic bishops around the world after Pope Benedict.
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I think that they don’t want to confuse the Pope of Rome with the Pope of Alexandria. Your typical Catholic wouldn’t understand having two popes and would assume that the Pope of Alexandria has the same powers as the Pope of Rome. I uses Papa because that is the term for Pope used in Arabic and won’t confuse the ignorant. 🙂
 
twf said:
I would be very pleased if the Coptic Catholic Patriarch was canonically recognized as the Catholic Pope of Alexandria… unless it would cause offense to the Coptic Orthodox and hinder any potential reunion talks.
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I am unaware of any reunion talks going on between the Coptic Orthodox and the Catholics (of any Rome-affiliated church in Egypt; there are Latins, Maronites, Armenian Catholics, etc. in Egypt, too). I always figured it was something particular on Rome’s side that prevents this title from being used officially for the Coptic Catholic patriarch, though I will admit that I haven’t spent much time thinking about it. If I had to guess, I would assume that the Coptic Orthodox Church wouldn’t be happy about it (just like they weren’t happy about the creation of the Coptic Catholic Church in the first place), but we’ve all got bigger things to worry about these days anyway.
 
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