Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tantā, the spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church and a member of the nominations committee for the papal elections, said the committee is still working in Wādī al-Natrūn, adding the announcement of the seven names that will vie over the chair of Saint Mark is not expected this...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2012
The 1938 Copts League, which advocates divorce and remarriage for Christians, submitted a request to the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt not to violate the Islamic sharī’ah that guaranteed for Christians the right to have recourse to it. [Shādyah Yūsuf, al-Ahrām, Oct. 13...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 10, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tantā, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Bishop Kyrillos of Milan withdrew from the elections over the papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 7, 2012
A book titled “Bishop Bīshūy…the Student of Pope Shenouda III, Guardian of the Orthodox Christianity and Defender of the Faith in Modern Times” triggered a row inside church circles.
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2012
Several Coptic rights advocates and movements, including the 1938 Copts League, which calls for divorce and re-marriage for Christians, are protesting today (Aug. 17) outside al-Ittihādīyah presidential palace to call for abolishing personal status laws as well as amendments introduced by late...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 14, 2018
Bishop Angaelos [Anjilūs], the Pope’s secretary for the Coptic Orthodox dioceses of the USA, returned to Egypt this week and met Pope Tawāḍrūs II yesterday to discuss the demands of the priests and the congregation of t Northern Shubra, Cairo, which he supervised before he was appointed secretary...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 14, 2014
In the end of his visit to the UAE, Pope Tawadros stated that Copts will not enter Jerusalem without their Muslim brothers.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2018
The ecumenical dialogue and the review of differences, that created the great schism in 451 in the Council of Chalcedon, constitute an essential point in the existing conflict inside the Coptic Orthodox Church between the hard-line and the reformist currents. The hard-line current that had been...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2018
Pope Francis suggested that Easter be unified and celebrated on the second or third Sunday of April, a proposal that was accepted by the Coptic Orthodox Church which is to discuss it in committees established for theological dialogue. The Greek Orthodox Church on the other hand declined the...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 21, 2014
During the time in which Christians celebrate the Holy week a number of those who traveled to Jerusalem to visit the Holy Land on pilgrimage were accused to be traitors and pro-naturalization with Israel.