Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Coptic Catholic Father Rafīq Greish, media adviser for the Coptic Catholic Church, revealed that the heads of the three churches – Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic – are discussing the presentation of a proposal to the commission of experts amending the constitution, commissioned by interim...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2013
From Rāb’ah al-'Adāwīyyah platform (a square in Nasr City district where Morsi supporters are protesting), the MB’s Guide, or murshid, Dr. Muhammad Badī’, gave a speech to the protesters. He directed messages to the army, Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, and Pope Tawadros. He called the Azhar and army to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 30, 2013
.The one year of Morsi’s rule was one of the worst years for Copts, Pope Tawadros said on one of the television programs. He explained that it was a disappointing year, pointing to the attack on the Cathedral which had not occurred over 19 centuries. The year of Morsi’s rule left 37 Copts killed,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 29, 2013
A number of analysts differed on whether this message carries a threatening or inciting tone against them. Some said that the speech was inciting and sectarian, but coated with sweet words, and they considered it as an attack on the Church and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II implicitly when he...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Presidency confirmed that President Muhammad Mursi (Mūrsī) held a surprise meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, and Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, at the Presidential Palace (Nāsir 'Abd al-Majīd, al-Wafd, June 19, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Pope Tawadros met with several Church and political leaders the day before yesterday (June 11) at Saint Bishoy (Bīshūy) Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn. They discussed Coptic involvement in the upcoming June 30 demonstrations and Pope Tawadros emphasized that the Church will not involve itself in such...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Residents of al-Khusūs have confirmed that the majority of the Muslims arrested have no connection to the event and were arrested unjustly after security forces stormed their homes and threatened the families with weapons.
Maj. Gen. Mahmūd Yusrī, Director of al-Qalyubia Security Department, denied...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
In a closed meeting between Azhar Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II at the cathedral, the repercussions of the latest events of violence were discussed along with possible attempts to calm the next phase.
A source of the Church revealed that the Pope has taken a surprising...
Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II surprised Saint George and Virgin Mary Church in Alexandria and visited it first rather than Sporting Church like it was scheduled. Saint George and Virgin Mary Church had witnessed sectarian incidents from eight years, at the end of year 2005 (Amīrah Fathī, al-Wafd...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2013
On Friday Mar. 15, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the first commemoration of the late Pope Shenouda III under the heading “We Won’t Forget You”. Pope Tawadros led the celebration, which was attended by various bishops, priests, influential leaders and politicians (‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha'bān, al-...