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The author thinks that having a unified personal status law could solve the problem of thousands of Copts who have divorce court verdicts but are waiting for having a re-marriage license from the Church.
Though the Coptic Orthodox Church has initiated preparations for the elections of al-Majlis al-Mīlī, some Copts are still calling for amending the council’s law.
Summary of the Ph.D. thesis of Revd. Dr. Wolfram Reiss about the Sunday School movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church with a focus on the role of Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta el-Meskeen and the place of the church in a Muslim society. Reiss´ study provides an excellent insight into the...
“The Divine Will Behind the Structure of the Church” is a book written by a monk from Anba Maqar monastery. It discusses many present issues concerning the church, its identity, principles and laws. The article covers most of the ideas expressed in the book.
New names of nominees surface as the elections of the Majlis al-Mīllī are to start soon.
The author argues that the role of secularists in the Coptic Church is crucial, since they aim at a civil society that neither denies God, nor exploits religions to fulfill worldly goals, and that they act as neutral brokers for the state-church relationship.
The author of this article quotes several people, the conglomoration of which reveals that the secular-based Coptic council, al-Majlis al-Mīllī, is very important and provides much assistance to the Copts and the Church, but that it also currently has many weaknesses which must be sorted through.
The author notes the opinions of some of the pope’s favored candidates for al-Majlis al-Mīllī. Their comments pertain to the status, purpose and future of the secular-based Coptic council.
A recent study published on Copts United website has revealed that many Egyptian Copts feel totally trapped because of the church’s restrictions on divorce. Despite having obtained divorce rulings from the state’s personal status courts, Copts are denied the right to a second marriage by the church...
The author says that elections of the Majlis al-Mīllī are witnessing a fierce competition between the reformist camp and candidates on the pope’s so-called Mar Marqus list.

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