Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III announced celebrating 40th anniversary of his ordination as head of Egypt's Coptic Christian church next Monday (November 14, 2011).
[Reviewer's Note: News story was also mentioned in al-Wafd, page 3, November 13, 2011 and al-Ahrām, page 11, November 11, 2011.]...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III received at the St. Mark Cathedral a delegation comprising leading figures from the Family House initiative.
A source said that the two parties stressed the need for a tolerant religious discourse that fights extremism during the difficult circumstances Egypt is...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Coptic Church rejected the demands raised by some U.S. think tanks for an alternative homeland for Copts. A large number of bishops and priests stressed the necessity of confronting such demands which fuel sectarian tension in Egypt and the Middle East.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
During a visit paid by a delegation from Al-Azhar to extend condolences to Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III for the Maspero incidents, leaders of Al-Azhar and the Church agreed to face religious extremism and refused foreign interference.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
PVV spokesman for Foreign Affairs, Raymond de Roon, MP for the party of Geert Wilders, published on October 11th a blacklist of “Islamic Violence Against Christians in Egypt in 2011”. This list is a simplified version of what was previously published in (internet) publications in the West—many of...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is to meet with Maspero victims families at the Papal See.
On the other hand, Pope Shenouda is meeting with the Italian Ambassador who offered his condolences.
[Reviewer's Note: New story was also mentioned in al-Ahrām, page 14, October 20, 2011.]
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Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, Head of the Coptic Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III agreed with other denominations on their comments regarding the unified law on construction of houses of worship.
Bayādī affirmed that Pope Shenouda has not agreed on the law.
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Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III welcomes Dr. Butrus Butrus Ghālī, President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) and Dr. 'Alī al-Sammān, President of the Paris-based International Union for Jewish-Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Peace Education (ADIC).
In the meeting, Pope Shenouda...
Date of source: Monday, October 31, 2011
Head of the Coptic Christian Church Pope Shenouda III today decided to cancel the celebration of his 40th year as Pope to stand in solidarity with martyrs’ families.
The Pope decided to cancel the celebration both because of the poor situation in Egypt and because the Copts recently lost 23 of...
Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III told Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf that the Copts were marching peacefully and did not carry any weapons, urging the Egyptian premier to speed up the enactment of a unified law regulating the construction of houses of worship so as to avoid repetition of the Maspero...