Egypt’s President-elect Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday met with Catholic leaders and
assured them that all Egyptians will be protected by the administration. The meeting
came one day after the Muslim Brotherhood member met with the interim leader of Egypt’s
Coptic Church, which makes up the vast majority of the roughly 8 million Christians
in the country. He is trying to assuage the fears of Christians about being marginalized
in Egyptian society.
“We are worried about the Islamization of Egyptian society,”
said Father Rafic Greiche, the Chief press spokesman, Greek Melkite Catholic Church
in Cairo.
He also told Vatican Radio Church leaders also spoke to the president-elect
about social justice concerns.
“First of all, justice for all the Egyptians,
and the new president, as he promised, he has to help the people who are poor, who
are homeless, who are [illiterate]…so this is what, as Christians, we want.”
Listen
to the full interview by Stefano Leszczynski with Father Greiche: