Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
A controversial article on the growing Islamization of Egypt and the effect this has on the Coptic community.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The article deals with the issue of the defrocking of priests and monks as 50 clergymen
have been
defrocked during the past five years, the most recent of whom were two priests in al-Jīza
parish who were
defrocked for committing financial excesses and violating canon laws.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The ordination of a priest in
‘Udaysāt might open the door to a new wave of sectarianism. Hanī al-A‘sar
investigates the surrounding circumstances.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The increasing phenomenon of
the deposition of Orthodox
priests has caused great controversy within the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
Copts
convene home meetings away from the Orthodox church. The question now is why do these people
convene these
meetings? What is the response of the official church? Is there any solution to bring these people
back to
the church?
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
Pope Shenouda has forbidden Orthodox Copts from traveling to Jerusalem,
stressing that
those who violate the provisions of the Coptic Church will be severely punished.
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2006
Al-Fajr newspaper continues its news feature on a Coptic polygamist,
who married 16
women.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The clerical committee is different from the
administrative court, since it is not a
governmental or administrative entity; however it is only a committee that
consists of monks and priests.
Therefore, this committee has its own laws and provisions concerning the issues of
divorce and...
Date of source: Thursday, May 18, 2006
The Coptic Orthodox Church refuses to allow divorced Copts to be remarried, unless adultery has been proven.
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2006
Salāma continues his review of a German congress about the dialogue of
cultures, and more
specifically, about the separation of state and religion and the role of religion in
democracy.