Andy Telli, Tennessee Register
The small community of Coptic Catholics in Nashville, consisting of about 40 families who have moved here from their native Egypt, threw open their arms wide to welcome Cardinal Antonios Naguib, the Patriarch of the worldwide Coptic Catholic Church.
“It is a great hope, a great pleasure to have him (the patriarch) here,” said Moussa Tawadrous, one of the leaders of the local community. The patriarch will “help build our Coptic Catholic Church in Nashville.”
Cardinal Naguib visited Nashville the weekend of July 24 as part of a tour of Coptic Catholic communities across the United States. The purpose of the visit is to demonstrate his spiritual proximity to the local people and “to hear about their situation, their needs and problems,” he said, “to show them we are always supporting them, doing what we can to remain in link with them.”
Read the full story here at the Diocese of Nashville's website: Coptic Catholics Celebrate (links expire over time)