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Pope Tawadros II, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, visited Jerusalem in November to pray over the body of Archbishop Anba Abrahām, the leader of the Coptic Church in the Holy Land. The visit caused much controversy in Egypt, and in particular in Egyptian media, literary and...
When the subject is Israel, passions flare.
A number of Coptic Christian organizations for Personal Status Laws are convening a meeting in the next several days to respond to Pope Tawadros’ recent statement criticizing those organizations. Ishāq Fransīs, the general coordinator for a Coptic organization for Personal Status Laws, said that...
Speaking in an interview, Pope Tawadros said “we will not accept civil marriage in exchange for marriage in the church, in accordance with Coptic Personal Status Laws.” He added that even though the state accepts it, the church would never approve it. He also spoke about elections inside the church...
 In the first challenge to Pope Tawadros’ resolution restricting Egyptian Christians’ travel to Jerusalem for Easter celebrations, a number of pilgrims began the pilgrimage across Jordan heading toward Jerusalem. The Copts said that they did not regret making the decision to make the pilgrimage,...
  Next Tuesday, the Orthodox Church headed by Pope Tawadros will host an event for the third annual memory of Pope Shenoda III in Wādī Al-Natrūn where he was buried. On the 26th of March, the church will host another event to remember the fallen Copts in Libya.  Read more here - Link connects you...
Tawadros inaugurated the new church of virgins and martyrs. Besides Tawadros, a number of representatives from the Christian community of Egypt attended the prayer. Read more here.
The Egyptian Housing Ministry agreed with the request of Pope Tawadros to grant a piece of land in new Cairo to the Coptic church in order to build a supplementary headquarters to the St. Mark’s Cathedral in ‘Abbāsiyya. The Ministry also agreed to increase the area of land designated for building...
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II met with Pope Francis in the Vatican as part of a historic visit between the two institutions. The meeting was part of the commemoration of a memorandum signed between the churches 40 years ago when Pope Shenūda III visited the Vatican in 1973. 
Anba Sarabamon al-Shāyeb, head of All Saints Monastery in the village of al-Ṭūd of Luxor, criticized priests who support the electoral campaigns of parliamentary candidates, stressing that all religious clerics should not be involved in politics.

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