Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2014
A committee preparing the "Church Building Law", convened a meeting yesterday to agree on main formulations on the law to be submitted to the Minister of Transitional Justice, Ibrahīm Hunaidī, next August. Councelor Jamīl Halīm, representative of the Catholic Church in the Committee made a number...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Bishop Antony [Anṭūniyyūs], Archbishop of the Holy Land and the Near East, said that the crisis of Deir al-Sultan [Dayr al-Sulṭān] is to end soon, after having witnessed Israeli aggressions and abuses against the monks of the monastery.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Bishop Mūsá, Bishop of Youth in the Coptic Orthodox Church, condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a tourist bus in Tābā, South Sinai, which led to the death of four and injured 16 others, saying that it tarnishes Egypt’s reputation (Shaymā’ Faraj, al-Dustūr, Feb. 18, p. 5). Read original...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
One thing on the priority list of Pope Tawadros II is to change the Papal Elections Law, also known as "the 1957 Law". The last papal elections had taken place according to this law. All three candidates had at that time agreed to change it.
There was a popular demand to amend the law in order to...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Father Bolos Halīm, official spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced that a session of the Holy Synod will take place tomorrow, Monday. His Holiness Pope Tawadros II as well as clergy members of the Synod will take part. Halīm further said that this second seminar will take place from...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2018
In an official visit to the Coptic Orthodox Church, a delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church arrived yesterday evening.
Date of source: Saturday, February 15, 2014
The Maspero Youth Union, a Coptic movement, said that it will not speak out in favor of a presidential candidate until the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission has officially announced the final candidate list. The movement assured that its members are free to support any of the presidential...
Date of source: Sunday, August 31, 2014
Extremists have ordered that no strangers from outside the village enter the Virgin church in ‘Aqalīat, Aswan in order to celebrate the feast of Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Sunday, February 9, 2014
A clerical source stated that the committee for papal nominations completed amending the regulations for selecting the patriarch. He stated that the most important amendments took place in expanding the people who can be an elector. This makes more Copts able to take part in selecting the pope (...
Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2014
Al- Minya suffered the most from the terrorism of the Muslim Brotherhood members. Sabotage and destruction has reached its nine centers.