Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
A newly released bill on children has obtained widespread rejection as being purportedly violating the Islamic Sharī‘ah as well as bases of the culture.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The article reports on the abandonment of both Hānī Labīb and Kamāl Ghubriyāl from the team of Coptic laymen.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2008 to Friday, April 25, 2008
In a seminar on Egyptian-German relations, the German ambassador to Cairo has been obliged to carry out the necessary preparations for Pope Shenouda’s visit to Germany to ensure that the pope is warmly welcomed.
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
The author reports on Pope Shenouda’s decision to form a committee to examine whether the punitive period that the bishop of Dishnā has been carrying out at monastery is long enough or whether it should be extended.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
In his sixth article, Councilor Labīb discusses bishops’ authority to ordain priests by imposition of hands. He mentions the conditions that a candidate to the priesthood should fulfill before being ordained. Although ordaining a priest by imposition of hands is an exclusive authority of the bishop...
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
Pope Shenouda III forms a committee to consider amending the laws for choosing the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Councilor Labīb Halīm Labīb proposes a draft law to amend the law of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s patriarch. The following lines highlight Labīb’s suggested law.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The article describes the Orthodox Diocese of Assuit’s condemnation of news that Copts were persecuted by a leader of the ruling political party.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Copts from the southern city of Minia have asked for a meeting with Pope Shenouda to discuss ways to bring Bishop Macarius back to take over as an assistant bishop at the Diocese of Mina.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Dr. Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī thinks that passing a 1979 bill, that has been recognized by the three churches in Egypt, seems to be the only way to end the contradiction between the church and the court.