The Ekklesia website reports today (January 19, 2011) that Egypt has recalled its ambassador to the Vatican, because Pope Benedict XVI appealed to Egypt and Iraq to do more to protect their Christian minorities, in his recent address to ambassadors.
In Egypt a bomb attack on a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria on New Year's Eve killed 23 people. In Iraq there have been dozens of attacks on Christian homes and churches.
In his address, the Pope condemned the anti-Christian attacks in Egypt and Iraq, saying they showed "the urgent need for governments to adopt effective measures for the protection of religious minorities."
Egypt issued a statement saying: "Egypt asked its ambassador in the Vatican to come to Cairo for consultation after the Vatican's new statements that touch on Egyptian affairs, and which Egypt considers an unacceptable interference in its internal affairs."
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