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Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee registering names of voters in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will resume its activities on Monday (May 7) after it stopped for several days over the recent incidents in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
Bishop Marqus, the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
A group of Coptic activists severely criticized the participation of Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī of the Coptic Evangelical Church in the Egyptian delegation traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King ‘Abd Allāh bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz.
The...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
The Coptic Catholic Church expressed rejection against the spilling of Egyptian blood by Egyptian hands and all acts of violence by any side.
Bishop Kyrillos of the Coptic Catholic Church offered condolences over the victims of the ‘Abbāssīyah clashes and called for “calm and peaceful dialogue to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
The coalition, in a statement circulated on Friday (May 4), warned that some parties are using these demonstrations and the security forces’ preoccupation with them in order to carry out “terrorist operations targeting churches and vital state institutions”.
“With grief and pain, we condemn the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
A member in the 18-man committee supervising the papal elections revealed that Bishop Pachomius alone would decide on the names of the seven candidates for the pope position, if a large number of bishops and monks applied, in accordance with the 1957 statute that stipulates candidates must not be...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
During ceremonies to commemorate Pope Shenouda III on the occasion of the 40th day of his departure at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, several officials and dignitaries spoke on the virtues of the deceased prelate including Dr. Yahyá al-Jamal, former deputy premier...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
During ceremonies to commemorate Pope Shenouda III on the occasion of the 40th day of his departure at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, several officials and dignitaries spoke on the virtues of the deceased prelate including Dr. Yahyá al-Jamal, former deputy premier...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Priest Angelus, the secretary of Bishop Pachomius, denied that the interim leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church ran in the elections over the chair of St. Mark the Apostle, adding Bishop Pachomius has over and again said he would not seek any positions and only seeks the service of the church and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
According to the 1957 statute, May 15 will mark the 60th day the papal chair became vacant, Bishop Abrām told al-Ahrām in a meeting attended by Counselors Edward Ghālib and Malak Mīnā, members of the candidacy committee secretariat.
Ghālib said the mass media offers suggests incorrect names and...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Possible presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī reiterated support for the implementation of the Islamic sharī'ah and maintaining the second article of the constitution, which, he said, respects all religions.
"The Islamic sharī'ah is one of compassion and tolerance and would never undermine the...
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