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Date of source: Saturday, October 19, 2013
Bishop Rafael stated that the refusal of some Coptic streams of Bishop Bola’s appointment in the Constituent Assembly is not well examined. He also stated that the Church does not deal with the Copts as sheep. He added that the wave of atheism that has spread among the Egyptian youth after the...
Date of source: Monday, September 16, 2013
Bishop Paul, the representative of the Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly (also known as the Committee of 50), stated that he has not yet made a final decision on Article 219 of the suspended constitution. The article that has explained the principles of sharī’ah has been left by the...
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
The Orthodox Church would like to see an amendment to the “Arab and Islamic Nations” in Article 1 to be amended to the “Arab nation and Islamic world”. In addition to that, the words “the Christians and Jews” in the second article should be changed to “non- Muslims”. Bishop Paul did not state what...
Date of source: Thursday, September 13, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod called for suing people who were involved in producing the film "Innocence of Muslims" discrediting the Prophet Muhammad.
In the official statement, read by Bishop Bula of Tantā, the Holy Synod also called for criminalizing insulting religion.
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Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tanta and spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox papal elections committee, said that changes in the voters tables will be made to the decision of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod, papal elections statute, and the definition of the word "archon".
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Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2012
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Editor-in-Chief of Arab West Report:
AWR’s Diana Maher Ghali comments on the number of Christians in Egypt were mentioned in a Daily News Article article.
The threats of Bishop Bula (Paul in the article) are not very wise. That he wants modification of Article II of the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 18, 2011
A church source has revealed that Pope Shenouda III, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, is currently examining the crisis of collective resignations from the Orthodox denomination, initiated by the Right to Live Movement at the end of last week.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Pope Shenouda is reported to have had a number of secret meetings withbishops discussing the Clerical Council's current situation, where Copts have demanded the removal of Bishop Bola, of Tanta, from the presidency of the Council and the appointment of four bishops of his administration. During...
Date of source: Thursday, September 20, 2007
Coptic lawyer Mamdūḥ Ramzī has accused the President of the Clerical Council Bishop Bula of taking bribes from divorced men and women in order to grant them a second marriage license.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
Bishop Bula of Tantā asserted in a national unity meeting held in Mār Mina monastery
that Maximus is an American-made priest. He indicated that Maximus’ split was a step taken by the United
States to
infiltrate the church, because it considers the later an obstacle to normalization between Egypt...
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