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Labīb reviews the historical information about the Sultan Monastery, the sole Coptic monastery in Jerusalem. The final ruling recognizing the monastery as a Coptic property was issued by the Israeli Court of Justice in 1970. However, the ruling has not yet been executed.
The conflict between Bishop Kyrillos and the six priests is still ongoing despite the interference of Pope Shenouda and his decision to return Bishop Kyrillos to his bishopric in Naj‘ Hammādī.
A group calling themselves "Free of the Coptic Church’’ distributed pamphlets condemning priests’ practices and urging Bishop Kyrillos to hold on and declare fasting and prayer amongst Copts.
The article discusses of number of issues affecting the Coptic community in Egypt. It focuses on discrimination and divisive acts that lead to more splits within Egyptian society.
Some clergymen tolerate insults made to the church. However, if these insults are made toward them they manipulate every church canon in order to take action against their critics.
Catholic and Protestant clergymen have rejected Pope Shenouda’s statements and demanded a public apology from Bishop Bīshūy, secretary of the Holy Synod, for what he said against them.
The writer refutes the rumor that the Orthodox Church is undergoing a crisis, and the clergy under the pope are fighting amongst themselves over who will assume the papal seat.
The article describes the disputes and divisions currently dominating the Coptic Church.
Pope Shenouda is apt to crown his papal mandate with a real reform in the church. The church embodied in some of its clergymen is supporting laymen groups to fight the conference. Labīb reveals an example of a group from Alexandria.
The article presents a brief overview of the most important events that have happened in Egyptian churches during 2006.

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