AsiaNews: “What is happening in Egypt is not a coup d’état. The Army chose to protect a peaceful revolution led by young Egyptians and followed by millions of people all over the country. In a normal coup, the military would immediately appointed a man as their interim president, would change the government, as it took power, but this is not the case in Egypt,” said Fr Rafic Greiche.
Speaking to AsiaNews, the spokesman for the Egyptian Catholic Church explained the reasons why the Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches backed the change in the country’s leadership after three days of mass demonstrations against Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood establishment. Read more here.
