Pope Schenouda of Egypt: The Man Makes Enemies Every Time

Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church, criticised Pope Benedict XVI over a Vatican document asserting Catholic primacy, saying his pride in Catholicism was making him enemies.

"The man [Pope Benedict] makes enemies every time. In his first statements a few months back, he lost all the Muslims. And now this time, he lost a lot of the Christian denominations because he has begun to err against Christians themselves," Pope Shenouda told the state-run daily Al Ahram. Pope Shenouda attributed the statement to Catholic pride as though "they were the only Christians in the world."

"We're not opposed to Catholics having pride in their church, but that doesn't mean that every church that doesn't join them isn't a church."

"I'm under the impression that the Pope of Rome, Benedict, is walking on one path and the rest of the Catholics are walking on another path on some issues," Pope Shenouda said.

source:  Europaica 124