Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2013
Bishop Bola stated that the armed forces has ordered the renovation and rebuilding of 63 churches despite that the Church has submitted a list of 54 churches only. He added that the most stringent of people support the removal of Article 219 as it is discriminatory, and that he agreed to amend...
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2014
Interim President of Egypt Adly Mansūr visited Saint Mark’s Cathedral in ‘Abbasiyyah yesterday to offer his best wishes for the Christmas celebrations. He was the first president to visit the cathedral since Anwar al-Sādāt 42 years ago. Pope Tawadros delivered a speech to mark the visit, attended...
Date of source: Sunday, September 1, 2013
Today (September 1), The National Council for Human Rights held its first session after its formation. Muhamad Faīq, President of the council said that he received several ideas from the members in the past few days to set the council’s agenda. Among the suggestions is to form a fact-finding...
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2013
The phenomenon of kidnapping wealthy Copts and blackmailing them to pay ransom has become a dominant trend since the January 25 Revolution. Qena’s city of Naj’ Hamādī in Upper Egypt witnessed a number of incidents involving Copts in an attempt to steal their money and wealth. The crimes continued...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II said that the Church is a spiritual organization and it wants to remain as such, the rumors about the Church encouraging protest are untrue, and the Church does not influence political opinion. These remarks came after meeting with the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne...
Date of source: Monday, April 22, 2013
Muhammad 'Alī Bashār, Minister of Local Development, said that they have all came to express their sympathies and confirm the example of being one nation. He also added the possibility of solving this crisis through a calm dialogue, since everyone has a strong will for cooperation. President of the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Archpriest Sergius said that the Pope will receive al-Khusūs and cathedral victims’ families as soon as his arrival to console them (Yūsuf Sha’bān and Peter Majdī, al-Tahrīr, Apr. 14, p. 13). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2013
Bishop Mūsá of Youth has held up the Muslims of Khusūs who defended the church from rampaging gangs as showing the true meaning or religion to deviants who abuse it. These comments were made as security and religious leaders met with established families of Khusūs to account faults and demand the...
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood has released a report on the recent sectarian violence in al-Khusūs, which appears to lay much of the blame on Coptic Christians. The report claims that a Christian from the Alexander family started shooting randomly into the street, after local Christian children daubed the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Bishop Yuhannā Qultah, as a representative of the Catholic Church in Egypt, took part in the Constituent Assembly called upon to write a new constitution. Having studied Islamic history and philosophy, he has his own view and future perception on the crisis Egypt is currently experiencing. While...