Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
The year report of 2001 including an overview of the special reports written for the RNSAW. The year 2001 was marked by a strong increase in the number of special reports, providing readers with information that is not available elsewhere.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 18, 2002
President Mubarak’s decision to make Coptic Christmas, January 7, a national holiday.
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2004
The Rotary Club of Heliopolis [Northern Cairo] hosted Pope Shenouda III who spoke about seriousness and its importance.An open discussion followed and the participants directed many questions to the Pope on various issues including the Israeli policies, the film “the Passion of the Christ and...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Pope Shenouda appointed the son of his nephew as an accountant in the Bishopric for Ecumenical and Social Services. Some people claimed that the pope appointed him in the Bishopric so he could later take over the post of the director of the Patriarchal office. This made them believe that there is...
Date of source: Friday, August 3, 2001
President Mubarak issued a presidential decree approving the new management board of the Coptic Endowments Authority. Officials within the authority explain that the problems between the authority and the Ministry of Endowments are dissolving after the authority reclaimed 600 feddans. The total...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
An emigrant Copt sent a letter to the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahali, complaining about an article by the Christian columnist Nagy George, who criticized Michael Meunier for writing lies in a press release claiming that the Egyptian police had fired rubber bullets against an exaggerated large number...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Bishop Bissenti and Gamal Asa’ad were invited to the meeting Rose El-Youssef held to discuss the denominational climate. The former said that he would attend provided that Asa’ad would not, claiming that Asa’ad’s opinions are not in the line with what the church believes. Asa’ad denied this and...
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2001
Pope Shenouda avoided talking about the crisis of Al-Nabaa in his last weekly lecture. He confirmed the situation of peace and comfort within the Coptic community under the media campaigns and the legal procedures that supported them throughout the crisis. The Christian Al-Kiraza magazine...
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2001 to Friday, July 27, 2001
The bishop for youth stressed that the attitude of the police towards those who went onto the streets and tried to cause damage or confront the security was the same in the cases of the Coptic Youths’ demonstration against Al-Nabaa and the Azhar students’ demonstration against the "Banquet for...
Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2001
During the demonstrations against al-Nabaa in the cathedral, the police held about 36 boys, of whom three were kept for 35 days. It is remarkable that the president of the US Copts Association started a campaign to free them AFTER they had been released. He also claimed that the arrested youths...