Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 3, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III expressed heartfelt condolences for Egyptians over the deplorable incidents that followed the Egyptian league football game between Cairo's al-Ahlī and Port Said's al-Misrī in the coastal city.
The pope also wished a speedy recovery for the injured.
Bishop...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2012
Reports conflicted on the health of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III as sources confirmed his deteriorating health due to "problems in the kidneys and the heart, which prompted him to cut short his treatment trip in the United States".
Rumors surfaced on Sunday (January 29) that the pope entered...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2012
Once again heated arguments surface between young Christians and the Coptic Orthodox Church over the list of appointed figures in the post-revolution parliament after the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Muslim Brotherhood were invited to attend the Coptic Christmas earlier this...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, in his sermon on Wednesday (January 25), carried by TV channels, said the January 25, 2011 revolution is one of the greatest events in Egypt’s history, expressing his wishes that the revolution remain peaceful and achieve its objectives of having Egypt becoming...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 25, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb sent a cable on Tuesday (January 24) to Dr. Muhammad Sa’d al-Katātnī congratulating him over his election as speaker of the first parliament after the January 25, 2011 revolution.
Dr. Tayyīb expressed hope the new parliament would achieve prosperity...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 24, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will extend congratulations to the people of Egypt over the first anniversary of the January 24, 2011 revolution during a sermon he will deliver from the United States via satellite on Wednesday, (January 25).
A source in the papal office told the Middle East...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 22, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is delivering his weekly sermon on Wednesday (January 25) through videoconference for the first time from Cleveland Clinic in the U.S. state of Ohio, where he is on a treatment trip. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, Jan. 22, p. 4]
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 23, 2012
Preacher Dr. Safwat Hijāzī said in an interview with al-Usbū' that the state will be governed by a constitution, not by means of fatwás from the clerics of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) or the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party.
All that is said about the Azhar having brought...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2012
Several Coptic and Muslim Brotherhood thinkers called for assuring Copts and belie rumors that only aim to spark fitnah between the two groups in the society, particularly in the light of the critical stage Egypt is experiencing and which requires everyone to enhance cooperation and unity.
Coptic...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 20, 2012
Is the church trying to impose its influence on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and play a role that is against the steps on the road to democracy in Egypt and the formation of the first parliament after the revolution? wonders Mulhim al-'Isawī in an opinion article in al-Rahmāh...