Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
The Coptic community wonders who will succeed Pope
Shenouda after illness strikes him?
Although regulations stipulating the transfer of church power will give
bishops, monks and priests the opportunity
to stand for elections, elections are now confined only to
general bishops.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
The writer examines the different challenges in electing a successor for Pope Shenouda III of Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
A
tense relationship exists between the
Pope and emigrant Christians because they used to oppose the systems of the
state and the president and they
do not submit to the Pope’s opinions.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
The author discusses reports about the Pope’s recent
illness which has led to great anxiety
amongst Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
Yūsuf
Rāmiz, author of this article, expresses his concerns
about the future of the Coptic Orthodox Church: its
relationship as an institution with the State; the
stability of its internal authorities and what will become of
its domestic and foreign funds.
Date of source: Monday, July 3, 2006
Pope Shenouda has filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Education and the
Assiut Governor for
confiscating a school building linked to the church of Mār Girgis in Assiut.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
In a letter sent to the editor-in-chief of Rose al
-Yousuf, the inhabitants of
the provincial towm of Maghāgha, al-Mīnyā, asked Pope Shenouda
to set up a fact-finding
committee to investigate the activities of Bishop Aghathoun, whom they say provoked
clashes with a number of
Christian clergy.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
Rumors went
around that Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark, had traveled to Germany
to
undergo a backbone surgery. Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Marqus, criticizes some
private
newspapers, which he says have published false rumors about...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Evangelical
Church in Misr al-Jadīda has planned to screen the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code,’
and to follow the
screening with a panel discussing the contents of the book, upon which the movie was
based.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The
Supreme
Administrative Court has adjourned two appeals by Pope Shenouda and the Ministry of Interior until
September
16, 2006