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Date of source: Sunday, July 24, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Church is seeking to have the unified personal status law for non-Muslims passed as soon as possible, official sources from the papal office said.
The move is intended to prevent a possible crisis between the Church and the judiciary and to address the problem of Copts seeking a...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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A church source has claimed that Pope Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has told Bishop Bola, chairman of the Clerical Council, to put an end to the Council's bureaucracy so the investigation of complaints against him can continue. The pope commissioned a...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Church sources have confirmed that Pope Shenouda III, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has cancelled the next 3 meetings of the Clerical Council in order to investigate the reports of guard dogs that were used to terrorize Copts demonstrating last week, and to find out who was responsible...
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
Months after the Alexandria “Two Saints Church” bombing in January, the Coptic Church is threatening to sue the Interior Ministry which it claims has failed to produce those responsible and bring justice. Despite sending many requests to the Ministry regarding the bombing which killed 24 people,...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The speech given by Prime Minister Dr. 'Isām Sharaf has caused a division within the Evangelical Church as Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Community Council, has since demanded his resignation, saying there has been no pressure on the judicial authorities to bring perpetrators to...
Date of source: Monday, July 18, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III asked that the poor should top the list of the revolution's priorities. He added that it is better to build the future while in the process of getting rid of the past.
He also gave an advice saying that there is an old Arabic proverb that says "if anyone searched...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A number of Christians staged a sit-in inside the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-'Abāsīyah on Monday (July 18) to demand defrocking Anbā Bola, the head of the Clerical Council, for his "intransigence" on personal status matters.
The protesters, who also demanded activation of...
Date of source: Friday, July 8, 2011
On Friday, the Coptic movement announced their participation in the January 25th revolution ("Revolution First"), while dozens of Copts staged protests in front of the Ministry of Justice yesterday, demanding permission for civil marriage. Meanwhile, Pope Shenouda III called for Coptic pharmacists...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
Egyptian Copts on Monday called for protests on Thursday outside the Ministry of Justice to demand civil marriages.
Date of source: Thursday, July 7, 2011
Last Thursday evening, Pope Shenouda III welcomed the members of the Committeee of the Eastern Orthodox Family into the Council of Churches of the Middle East. The church source confirmed that the Orthodox Church is seeking the founding of an independent council, in solidarity with the Coptic...
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