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Date of source: Saturday, April 5, 2014
The discussion about the electoral law for the papal election in the Coptic Orthodox Church has been raging for many decades since 1957. When Pope Yusab II passed away, leading members of the Sunday School Movement, a reform movement in the church, entered monastic life and presented themselves as...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church prohibited the five candidates for papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, from appearing on satellite channels before the election of the 118th pope. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Oct. 16, p. 3] Read original text...
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2012
A high-level source in the Vatican said Cairo has sent a request nominating Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd for the post of ambassador to it more than 15 days ago, before a court acquitted defendants involved in case of assaults on protesters on February 2, 2011, known in the media as the...
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2012
U.S. ambassador in Cairo Anne Patterson met on Wednesday (October 10) with Coptic activists who spoke to her about the status of religious minorities in Egypt under President Muhammad Mursī, a few days after her meeting with Egyptian Shiite leaders who told her they applied for the Dutch...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd ordered immediate investigations into reports accusing the Dutch ambassador in Cairo of attempting to foment sectarian strife by providing his country with misinformation about the conditions of Copts in Egypt. [‘Umar al-Khūlī, al-Sabāh, Oct. 2, p. 3] Read...
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tanta and spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox papal elections committee, said that changes in the voters tables will be made to the decision of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod, papal elections statute, and the definition of the word "archon".
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Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2012
Ramsīs al-Najār, legal consultant for the Coptic Orthodox Church, denied that the papal elections will be postponed because of the lawsuit against it.
Eng. Mājid Mikhā'īl (newspaper did not mention his position but media reports quoted him as a church chaperon) had filed a lawsuit against the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2012
Watanī published the list of Copts eligible to vote for the 118 th Coptic Orthodox Patriarch. The list contained 2554 names that represent many segments in the society, including: metropolitans and bishops, heads of monasteries, deputies and trustees, members of the Spiritual Council in Cairo,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2012
Penetrating the Coptic boycott against Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Muhammad Mursī for the first time, two envoys of Bishops Bula and Armiyā, one of them a businessman, held a secret meeting with Secretary General of the group’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) ‘Isām al-‘Iryān. [...
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