Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 19, 2006
The article deals with the issue of the defrocking of priests and monks as 50 clergymen
have been
defrocked during the past five years, the most recent of whom were two priests in al-Jīza
parish who were
defrocked for committing financial excesses and violating canon laws.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 5, 2006
In an interview with al-
Musawwar, Habīl Tawfīq
Sa‘īd, a self-styled ‘priest,’ speaks about the
independent Orthodox denomination of the
“Sons of St. Paul the apostle,” which he founded in 1982 and which then
included 3.5 million Coptic Orthodox
members from all over the world.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 5, 2006
Father Mīnā Ishaq Hābīl was
defrocked of his ministerial credentials and removed from
the Giza Bishopric Church for financial
irregularities, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate announced yesterday in a
statement.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2006
The article focuses on the disagreement
among Christian denominations on ordaining women as elders after the Evangelical church inaugurated a woman as an elder.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2006
In an interview with al-Qāhira, scriptwriter Fāyiz Ghālī speaks out on his upcoming movie on the life of Jesus Christ.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 3, 2006
Though the Coptic Orthodox Church has initiated preparations for the elections of al-Majlis al-Mīlī, some Copts are still calling for amending the council’s law.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 10, 2003
The article is an interview with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. He comments on the relation between the church and the state, opposition within the church, divorce among Copts, homosexuality, his relations with former president Sadāt and his relation with Archpriest Mattá al-Maskīn [Yūsuf...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 11, 2003
The counselor of Pope Shenouda III stated in the Third Family Conference for the Coptic Church, held recently in Tanta, that sexual problems are behind 25% of Coptic divorce cases. He added that the new personal status law for Christians includes other conditions for divorce rather than marital...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 16, 2005
A Coptic group calling themselves the Coptic reform group [Editor: Not found on the Internet. No official title for this group] are challenging the church and working to unseat some Church leaders. Coptic thinkers and leaders of the Church respond.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 22, 2005
Pope Shenouda III delivered a 45-minute speech on the occasion of his 51st monasticism anniversary ceremony. The ceremony lasted for 17 hours and throughout Pope Shenouda showed no signs of sickness, exhaustion or boredom, refuting the rumors about his health.