Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2025
Maronite Patriarch of Lebanon Cardinal Mār Bishāra Buṭrus al-Rāʿī has said that the content of the speech delivered by Lebanese President General Joseph ʿAoūn when he was sworn into the Lebanese parliament on Thursday (January 9) is a “roadmap for the salvation of Lebanon.”
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2025
As we welcome the new year, we hope it will be a time of prosperity, marked by peace and tranquility. This hope holds particular significance in a world increasingly characterized by harshness and polarization and the spread of hatred in the shadow of conflicts, wars, crises and natural disasters.
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church expressed gratitude to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī in an article for El-Waṭan following the president’s visit to the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) to extend his congratulations to Egyptian Christians...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church has stressed the unity of Egyptians as “one family,” asserting that “Egyptians can never be divided.”
Date of source: Friday, January 10, 2025
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Naẓīr ʿAyyād, has stated that there is a correlation between the purposes of the Islamic Sharīʿa law and modern contempory life, adding that the sharīʿa law is applicable everywhere and at all times.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2025
Anbā Būlā, Archbishop of Ṭanṭā and its dependencies, has said that all Egyptians are taking part in enacting the law on personal status affairs.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2025
Anbā Būlā, Archbishop of Ṭanṭā and its dependencies, has stated that the draft law on personal status for Christians is a “historic turning point” as it represents the first ever integrated code on personal status for Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2024
Priest Rifʿat Fatḥī, Secretary-General of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, noted that clergymen and Christian advisors have added several measures in the new law to protect women’s interests in relation to family-related issues and disputes.
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2024
Counselor Yūsuf Ṭalʿat, the legal advisor for the Coptic Evangelical community in Egypt, stated that the new personal status law for Christians provides a precise explanation of the issue of divorce, emphasizing that the law avoids abstract terms by offering detailed provisions.
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Counselor Munṣif Najīb Sulaymān, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Personal Status Law Panel, revealed that the five Christian denominations in Egypt have reached a consensus on the first law regulating the personal status affairs of Christian families.