Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The expected conference for Coptic Orthodox youth on the ‘Da Vinci Code’ novel and discord between Pope Shenounda and Father Mattá al- Maskīn and Max Michel has already sparked controversy.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá criticizes the al-Fayyūmideological conference, held from September 18-21. He says this is the result of a theological conflict that has led to schism within the church. He also calls on His Grace, Bishop Bīshūy, to consider a number of definitions of "church," explained by the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
This article talks about the annual Faith Deepening
Conference which will be held soon,
and the current disputes between the church, secularists, and the
Ecclesiastical Reform Group.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The Coptic Catholic Patriarch’s deputy, Bishop
Yūhannā Qultah, has called for deleting words like: ‘Israel’ and ‘Jerusalem’ from all Coptic
services.
He says such words support thoughts of Christian Zionism, which is strongly rejected by Christian
teachings.
Date of source: Friday, September 8, 2006
The author responds to comments received about his earlier writings in this series and ponders the necessity of truthfulness, using an old, unpublished letter of current Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
In this article the author talks
about the Pope Shenouda’s medical
problems and his disagreement with Father Ibrahīm
‘Abd al-Sayd.
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2006
This report summarizes some of the opinions of Egyptian intellectuals about the issue of deleting religious identity from on identity cards.
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The author discusses the two day conference organized by Coptic author Kamāl Zākhir Mūsa about reform that is needed in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Coptic Orthodox Church has been trying to prevent this conference from taking place but it will start on the same day that Pope Shenouda celebrates...
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
Muhammad al-Bāz comments on a recent article by Bishop Bīshouy in Nidā’ al-Watan [Reviewer: The call of home], a locally circulated newspaper published from Alexandria, in which the bishop harshly criticized Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, Dr. George Habīb Bibāwī and Rev. Ikrām Lam‘ī for writing articles for al...
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The article discusses the issue of
church funds and the sources from which they are
obtained, amidst calls to transparently declare the budget on the
grounds that church money is in the first
place owned by Coptic citizens.