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Date of source: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
The Church is witnessing some secret moves to pass a new regulation for papal elections. Informed sources close to the Church say that the modifications in the new regulation will tighten the grip of certain people over the church and will bring one of them to the papacy.
Date of source: Monday, December 1, 2003
Pope Shenouda recently stated that the 1957 regulation is fair, yet it may stand as an obstacle before persons with good qualifications and well-know names who became monks a few years ago, as the regulation stipulates that a candidate to the papal chair should have spent 15 years as a monk. Any...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 21, 2003
The author comments on the criteria for electing the pope, believing that they should be changed. He writes that some people may object to such an issue being discussed in public [through printed media], as it may defame the church. He stresses that his opinion that the law should be changed has...
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2003
The statements made by Pope Shenouda in his interview with Al-Musawwar magazine have met with mixed reactions, especially what he said about reserving a certain number of parliamentary seats for Copts. Some people expressed doubts that the pope made such a statement. Others condemned it and a third...
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
Bishop Wissa spoke about al-Kosheh in Montreal, Canada, where he claimed that Copts had died for their faith while no such claims were made by eye-witnesses or in reports of the prosecution. This is inciting language. The Bishop also claimed to have the right to be politically active and took the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
The article reports on a ruling issued lately by the Administrative Court which requires the Egyptian Church to give permission to Christian divorcees to re-marry, a ruling which is rejected by Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2005
The author cannot understand how debating an article of the constitution should jeopardize people’s faiths and beliefs. However, some groups insist that questioning the second article of the constitution would lead to a ‘blood bath’ in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The author asserts that Egyptians need to return to the process of forging a civil state that uses citizenship rights as the main basis for legislation. He writes that the public must be encouraged to adopt an attitude of ‘religion for God, nation for all’. This will ensure that religion remains -...
Date of source: Saturday, August 27, 2005 to Friday, September 2, 2005
Readers may recall that the public discussion on church issues came about through an initiative of Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark and his interviews with journalist Mahmoud Fawzī. Fawzi has since published these interviews in a series of books beginning in 1985, with the...
Date of source: Friday, September 16, 2005
A Coptic group calling themselves the Coptic reform group [Editor: Not found on the Internet. No official title for this group] are challenging the church and working to unseat some Church leaders. Coptic thinkers and leaders of the Church respond.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.