Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 26, 2006
Discussion of the history of the Majlis al-Mīllī, the Coptic Orthodox denominational council, and the current problems it faces.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
At the inauguration ceremony of the launch of the new al-Malāk Mīkhā’īl [Archangel Michael] Cathedral, Pope Sheouda III declared that he will accompany Dr. Sayyid Tantāwī, the grand imām of the Azhar to participate in inter-religious dialogue in Moscow this July.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf newspaper conducts an interview with the well-known Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl of the Hanging Church, discussing his 24-year experience as a priest.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 15, 2006
The author writes on the program of the visit of Pope Sheouda III to Aswan, where he opened a new Coptic church and laid the foundation stone of the building of Aswan Coptic Bishopric.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 20, 2006
A project for a huge Egyptian production of a film about the life of Jesus Christ has triggered outcries from the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 19, 2006
The press review deals with the recent controversial ruling by the Administrative Judiciary Court allowing divorced Copts a chance to have a second marriage and discussing the Coptic Orthodox Church’s rejection of the court’s decision.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 17, 2006
Pope Shenouda has allegedly threatened to defrock any monk who remarries divorced Copts without permission from the clerical council, since the Coptic Orthodox Church only allows divorce in a few, limited circumstances.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 18, 2006
Both the grand imām of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī and the Coptic Orthodox patriarch, Pope Shenouda III, will hold a second meeting on Islamic-Christian dialogue in which the cartoon crisis will be discussed.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2005
The grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, has recently met with a delegation of U.S. Copts in an attempt to promote constructive Muslim-Christian dialogue.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2005
An informed source at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo has denied rumors that the embassy has taken procedures to dismiss 20 Muslim employees working on its premises.