Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2007
The alleged Patriarch Max Michel changed his policy and sent a letter to Pope Shenouda to gain the pope’s confidence and more time in a religiously and politically lost case.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2007
Bishop Bishūy of the Coptic Orthodox Church responds to questions on church trials, which according to his interviewer are infamous for being harsh and surrounded by vagueness.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2007
al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī accuses some Muslim and Coptic figures of escalating the crisis of the Copts.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 22, 2007
The Egyptian press continues to focus on the different reactions of Egyptian Christians to the controversial Vatican document that was recently issued. While representatives of the Catholic Church approve it, Protestant and Orthodox denominations attack it severely.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 7, 2007 to السبت, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2007
While Egyptian non-Catholic churches expressed their angry reactions to the Vatican document, Catholic figures, including the director of the Holy See’s Press Office, declared that the document was mainly to clarify Catholic doctrinal issues and was not intended to offend any church or denomination...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2007
A new episode of division among Christian churches has surfaced as a result of the Vatican’s recent issuance of a document that claims that all other non-Catholic churches should be considered as clerical foundations rather than real churches.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 17, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church rejects a new attempt at reconciliation by Max Michel.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2007
Youssef Sidhom discusses the influential role that Pope Shenouda has played in the Coptic Orthodox Church. He refers to the pope as a “milestone” in Coptic Orthodox history, particularly when considering his role in furthering the church’s participation in the social infrastructure in Egypt.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2007
Victor Salāmah reports on the celebration of the 53rd anniversary of Pope Shenouda joining monasticism. He refers to Pope Shenouda’s safe return from his medical trip to the U.S. and his meeting with Father Paulos, patriarch of the Ethiopian Church.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 12, 2007
Sources from the Coptic Orthodox Church declare the pope’s intention to continue with the project to create a law for building houses of worship and the proposed civil state law for Christians of different denominations.