Date of source:
The recent
conference entitled, ‘Laymen’s Look at the Church’s Problems,’ has
caused a real crisis between the Coptic
Orthodox Church and Watanī newspaper. It has revealed
accumulating misunderstandings, which
the so-called reform conference brought to head.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
The author writes about the first laymen’s meeting and replies to some of Bishop Mūsá’s rejections against it, correcting some misunderstandings.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
The writer records some religion men’s opinions on "the al-Sharīf Gospel" and their causes to object it.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
The recent crisis between
Watanī newspaper and
the Church seems to be conciliated after a meeting between the two parties. The
meeting resulted in the
agreement that Watanī will stick to the ecumenical line of the Church far
from any sectarian
or denominational lines that might contradict the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2006
A history of Watani and its relationship with the church following a controversial
article printed in the newspaper considered offensive by the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The Coptic Orthodox Church is experiencing an ongoing conflict between
Christian
clerics regarding the successor of Pope Shenouda.
Date of source:
Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006 to Friday, November 24, 2006
Diana al-Dabc writes about what she calls the “ghettos of Christian
students at Egyptian
universities.” She points out the isolation of Coptic students and discussed possible
reasons for this. Many students
expressed their viewpoints.
Date of source:
Early last
Friday morning, thousands of Christians of all ages
rushed into the church of Virgin Mary in Luxor. The occasion was Bishop
Musa calling the Christians of
Luxor in an attempt to open a positive conversation to solve the crisis after the people’s
out right
rejection of the decision...
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2006
The selection for pope number 118 of the Egyptian Orthodox church has been narrowed down to three
top personalities: Bishop Bīshūy, Bishop Mūsá and Bishop Yu’annis.