Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2006
The Marqus Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is considering holding a video conference interview
with Pope Shenouda at his residence at the Cleveland Hospital in the U.S. The pope is expected to have surgery on
his spine.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2006
The author asserts that
Bishop Bīshūy has been working effectively to try and remove Kamāl Zākhir
Mūsá, writer and thinker, from the Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2006
This article presumes that Bishop Bīshūy’s aggressive attitude
is due to the oppression that he was previously subject to.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 2006
This article analyzes an article that was published in the Karāza Magazine and asserts that people must be tried before being charged.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 20, 2006
The Commissioner’s Authority of the State Council delivered its report
regarding the appeal of Pope Shenouda against the decree of the administrative court that obliged him to give
permission for remarriage to divorcees. The ruling of the lower court was declared to be illegal and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2006
After a phase of depression Pope Shenouda fell and broke his “hand” [Reviewer: the Arabic
word used is “hand,” but the saying, “break one’s hand” in Arabic can refer to any part of the arm or the hand.].
He will resume his usual duties though, amidst calls for a minor holy assembly to govern...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2006
The article deals with an
address by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in which he pledged to settle the crisis of the seven Christians
detained for attempting to take a Christian girl from al-Fayyūm who had converted to Islam.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2006
An official report investigated the conditions that led to the killing of former president, al-Sādāt. The author is not convinced and asks for complete transparency and divulgence of the state’s archives 25 years later.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2006
The dioceses of the Coptic Orthodox Church have experienced an unprecedented state of rebellion. Many statements have been issued from different groups on the moral and financial improprieties committed by some bishops, who are supposed to be the spiritual symbols of the church.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2006
The author castigates Bishop Bīshūy for adopting dictatorial practises and neglecting the role of laymen in the church.