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Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2011
People who get killed in fights are not necessarily martyrs, the head of Egypt's Coptic Church, Pope Shenouda III, has stated.
Shenouda did not clarify what he meant by "fights."
On Tuesday night, clashes broke out between police forces and protesters at Cairo's Tahrir Square, leaving hundreds...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Counselor Amīr Ramzī, a participant in preparing church suggestions for the unified law of building houses of worship, said that the draft law will be discussed in the National Justice committee in the Cabinet.
He added that the Coptic Church is waiting for an official notice from the Cabinet to...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Dr. Kamīl Sidīq, Milī Church Council secretary in Alexandria, said that Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda gave strict instructions not to allow anyone who plans to run for president to use churches in promoting his presidential campaign.
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Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2011
Muhammad 'Abd al-Qudūs praises the church and Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III for the stance against protests by young Copts who want to resume rallies off the Radio & TV building in Maspero area to push the state to achieve some of their demands.
On top of these demands is reopening closed...
Date of source: Friday, June 24, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III received Arab League Secretary General 'Amr Mūsá, a presidential hopeful, for a 50 minutes' meeting during which they discussed a host of several issues and developments in Egypt.
Mūsá said during the meeting that the regime of President Husnī Mubārak has used the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Coptic Pope Shenouda III met with U.S. ambassador in Cairo Margaret Scobey, whose tour of duty expires soon.
A church source told al-Wafd newspaper, the mouthpiece of the opposition al-Wafd party, that Pope Shenouda, during the meeting, expressed his confidence in the Supreme Council of the Armed...
Date of source: Thursday, June 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III met with Major General Sāmī Diyāb, a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), in the papal see to discuss the current situation, including the unified law on the construction of houses of worship.
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Date of source: Thursday, June 23, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III on Wednesday received Maj. General Sāmī Diyāb, a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-'Abāsīyah.
The meeting discussed current developments in Egypt as well as the draft law on the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 22, 2011
A meeting planned between Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III and Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī', which was scheduled to take place on Tuesday (June 21, 2011), was postponed over previously-set appointments for the pope prior to his recent therapeutic trip in the United States, a...
Date of source: Monday, June 20, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III gave instructions to prohibit the use of churches in any propaganda during the forthcoming presidential elections in a bid to preserve the sacredness of the house of worship.
The pope had received several reports that some priests in the Mediterranean city of...
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