Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
A discussion of the pope’s arguments concerning divorce in the Coptic Orthodox
Church, and the ways in which
Christian personal status issues have been handled in the past.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Egyptian Christians call for changing the language of the Mass from Coptic into Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
Seventy
thousand Christian women issued divorce lawsuits, but the church refuses to
admit them, the author claims.
As a result, many Christians turn to civil marriage or live with a sense of guilt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2006
An Orthodox church has permitted a woman the right to remarry and is accused of
hiding her
divorce from her husband.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
In an attempt to prove the falseness of the
Gospel
of Judas, cAbd al-Masīh Basīt Abu al-Khayr, priest of the ancient Church of the
Virgin
Mary in Musturud, has published a new book entitled ‘The Gospel of Judas.’
Date of source: Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Rumors are going around concerning the links between Pope
Shenouda and the expatriate
Copts according to the author. He expresses his opinion on the matter and gives
evidence in support of his
belief.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Ashley Makar writes about the concept of martyrdom in Egypt, the Alexandria incidents, where a Muslim man ran amuck with a knife, stabbing worshippers and killing one man and the image Egyptians have of ‘the other.’
Date of source: Thursday, April 27, 2006
The author wonders why attacks
target only Orthodox churches and not
Catholic or Evangelical churches in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
A new
law forces the
Ministry of Interior to acknowledge the conversion of Coptic Orthodox Christians to Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
Patriarch Stefanos’s resignation and the election of a new patriarch reflect the democratic climate the Catholic Church in Egypt is enjoying, contrary to other churches in Egypt.