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Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
A church delegation of priests and bishops is visiting Pope Shenouda III, who is in seclusion at the Bishop Bīshūy Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn.
A church source said the Pope's health is good and that he is in the monastery for prayer and devotion on the occasion of the Christmas fast, which is...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
A Coptic citizen has brought a case to the Court of Administrative Justice against Pope Shenouda III and Bishop Bula, who has been commissioned to head the Clerical Council on Personal Affairs, for granting his ex-wife permission to re-marry.
The man argues that the conditions for a church divorce...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, appealed the Supreme Administrative Court ruling that fined him 150 thousand Egyptian Pounds as compensation for Majdī William. Pope Shenouda had refused to implement the court ruling to give William permission for a second marriage. Pope...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
Even though the public attorney has ordered the release of 70 of those accused in the al-‘Umrāniyyah church riots, the Pope's anger at how the matter was handled has been revealed through leaked reports about his intention to go into seclusion in the Wādī al-Natrūn Monastery of Bishop Bīshūy.
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Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Public Attorney ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd has decided to free 70 of those accused of causing the disturbances that occurred in the ‘Umrāniyyah district of Giza last month, saying he did so "out of concern for their educational future" and because some are elderly.
A church source has said that Pope...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Bishop Mūsá has revealed that a meeting will soon be held between bishops of various Christian groups in the Middle East and members of the Middle East Council of Churches. The purpose will be to discuss the situation of Christians and churches in the region.
In statements to Rose al-Yūsuf...
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 2010
Grand Archimandrite Ilyās Habīb, the priest of the Roman Orthodox Church in al-Zāhir, stated that the Roman Orthodox are angry about the non-Muslim personal status draft law and have declared they will not abide by it.
In addition, the Roman Orthodox are angry with Pope Shenouda because he did not...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2010
According to the "Free Copts" website, Pope Shenouda travelled to the USA aboard Najīb Sawīris’ private plane last Monday.
The Pope first visits Cleveland, Ohio and then heads to Boston to head the meeting of expatriate priests from the 2nd to the 4th of August. He is going to visit New Jersey also...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
A crisis broke out yesterday between the Minya governorate and the Maghāghah bishopric because of the disagreement over the licenses to build the new bishopric. Maghāghah Copts organized a peaceful demonstration protesting against suspending the licenses and threatened to escalate the issue to Pope...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2010
Al-‘Ashāy presents the problem of choosing an abbot for the Abū Maqār monastery. The monks of Abū Maqār met Pope Shenouda III to request an abbot and the ordination of some new priests from the monks. It is predicted that Father Basilius will be the abbot despite Bishop Bīshūy's refusal.
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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.