Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2015
One thing on the priority list of Pope Tawadros II is to change the Papal Elections Law, also known as "the 1957 Law". The last papal elections had taken place according to this law. All three candidates had at that time agreed to change it.
There was a popular demand to amend the law in order to...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2015
Father Bolos Halīm, official spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced that a session of the Holy Synod will take place tomorrow, Monday. His Holiness Pope Tawadros II as well as clergy members of the Synod will take part. Halīm further said that this second seminar will take place from...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2015
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived in Cairo yesterday as the head of a delegation from London for a two-day visit. It is his second visit to Egypt since his inauguration in March 2013. He met Pope Tawadros II and high ranking officials from al-Azhar and other institutions. Sources...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2014
The Coptic Orthodox Church is examining a new body bringing together the Cairo Bishops under the name of the ‘Cairo Bishop Council’ that would follow Pope Tawadros, according to anonymous Church sources.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2014
Coptic Sources stated that the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church is witnessing a state of division.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2014
The Pope also stated that Egypt is confronting ferocious attacks by terrorists and that the situation is improving gradually.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2014
Pope Tawadros assured that Egypt started a new era and that there are new economic projects to develop the economy.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2014
Pope Tawadros stated that to change one’s denomination to be capable of divorce is a form of manipulating one’s religious identity. He stated that “all that is built on mistakes leads to mistakes.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2014
Pope Tawadros II arrived in Toronto Airport, Canada.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 7, 2014
A new controversy has started among Copts pertaining to the call of Nūr Party to Copts to nominate themselves on the lists of the party. While those who agreed with the call of the Nūr Party stated that allying with them is better than allying with the Mubārak regime members, those who rejected the...