Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
A Christian mother and Muslim father are battling in a US civil court for custody of their 3 small children. The father has asked the courts to give him sole custody of the children in order to ensure that the children to be "influenced" by Christianity. It does appear that the court will strip the...
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2001
This press release compliments the previous article in RNSAW and sees this as an encouragement to use new information technology for Coptic activists living outside Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2001
Kamal Zakher Musa said that Pope Shenouda’s lecture, to a group of , was disjointed and lacked brightness and passion. He said he did not understand the need for lectures and thought the written word was more powerful. A student gave him two tapes of an earlier lecture one of which had incomplete...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil, the priest of the Hanging Church, found himself under the guillotine of Bishop Bishoi, the secretary of the Holy Council. This is the first time the priest of the Hanging Church has been referred to trial, in spite of his position and known attitudes towards the church....
Date of source: Monday, April 9, 2001
Pope Shenouda acknowledged marriage and baptism taking place according the Greek Orthodox church. On behalf of the Egyptian Holy Council, the Pope signed an agreement in this respect with the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox denomination in Alexandria.
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2001
The issue of nominating bishops to become patriarchs caused debate even when it started as early as the fourth century A.D. Church councils rejected the nominations and considered it to be a sin equal to adultery. The first direct violation of choosing the patriarch from among only the monks took...
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2001
The author highlights the main points discussed by Gamal Asaad in his book "I Confess - The Backstage of the Church, the Parties, and the Muslim Brotherhood." He disagrees with Asaad on his interpretation of Pope Shenouda’s character. He respects the pope and his national role in rejecting...
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2000
The author responded to three questions: - Why did the Patriarchate not issue a statement about the appearance of the Holy Virgin as Pope Kyrillos VI did? - Why did Pope Shenouda invite those who participated in the series of "Awan Al-Ward" to the iftar party he gave, although many Christians are...
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2000
A few days ago the Virgin Mary appeared on the top of the domes of the Mar Morqos church in the Matraniya street, Assiut. A large number of the residents in the area are confirming that they saw the Virgin Mary praying on the church’s domes while others say they saw her at the altar.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2000
The governor of Cairo, Dr. Abdel-Rahim Shehata, succeeded in ending the disagreement between His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta Al-Meskien about a farm on the north coast.