Date of source: Friday, September 24, 1999
Pope Shenouda III, patriarch of the Orthodox Church, declared his refusal to all attempts, made by colonialists, to Judaize Jerusalem as God has blessed and sanctified this land and has given it a special status among all heavenly religions. Hence, all believers there should cooperate to prevent...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
Some 24 million Egyptians headed to the election polls yesterday to renew their allegiance to President Mubarak for a fourth six-year term in office.
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
Pope Shenouda expresses his support for a fourth term in office for president Mubarak.
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Dr. George Habib [Bebawi] wrote an article in El-Arabi newspaper entitled "A retrospective reading of history", in its issue No. 467 on 19/9/1999. I was not surprised by his attack on the Church and its leaderships because this is what he always did. Rather, I was surprised by the mistakes on what...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 1999
Subtitles: - Saladdin’s army included Muslims and Christians - We build our forces and then look for papers & treaties - We hate the Jews the most because they crucified the Christ Jews are the enemies of the Christ. They are not descendants of Abraham, may God’s peace be upon him. The only...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
After reading the article of Hamouda concerning the barring of prayers over the body of father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed the author wants to clarify some internal matters concerning the rules and traditions of the Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
The article of Adel Hamouda in the last issue echoed widely in the circles of our brothers the Copts. It caused wide discussions between Moslems and Copts alike.
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 1999
For years, clerical and lay members of the Coptic Orthodox Church have criticized the authoritarian ways of Pope Shenouda III. The standard complaints, that he keeps church finances too close to his chest, refuses debate on issues like divorce, and is too quick to throw his opponents out of the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 1999
Love is the magic word Christianity is founded on, giving way to springs of mercy, gentleness and wonder to gush out. However, love, the backbone of Christianity, has been severely hit but not in a back-breaking way, by Pope Shenouda when he decided not to pray over the body of the priest Ibrahim...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
Bishop Bishoi is the head of the church court and he is the secretary of the Holy Synod. He answered all questions which have been raised because of the story of the body of father Abdel Sayed and why it was forbidden to pray over the body of father Abdel Sayed.