Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
The author deals with the future prospects of the church after Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, and the possibility that the next pope could come from outside Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
Reflections on the life of Father Mattá al-Maskīn.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
The Supreme Council for Culture organizes a symposium on
‘Religion
and Nationalism’
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
Kamāl Zākhir Mousa draws a comparison between the theoretical or historical meaning of the word "Father" in churches and its real meaning nowadays.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
Kamāl Zākhir Mousa traces the
development of
papal authority inside the Egyptian Coptic Church.
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: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Ministry of Interior has refused to allow 150 Christian converts to Islam, who later returned to Christianity, to change the religious data on their identity cards back to Christianity. Kamal Zākhir Mousa argues that an extremist wing of the political elite is trying to link citizenship to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 27, 2006 to Friday, June 2, 2006
The article tackles the failure of
religious institutions in Egypt to come up with a
moderate discourse, as the author blames the current state of
fanatisism in the country on both Muslim and
Christian preachers.
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 12, 2006
Kamāl Zākhir, the author,
argues that the church became involved in politics and ’the
world’ to serve some worldly interests that have
nothing to do with its spiritual mission.