Date of source: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Labīb highlights the danger of spreading false arguments about the church and its attitudes on critical issues. He criticizes Tharwat al-Kharabāwī’s argument that put the church and its clergy under suspicion.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Hānī Labīb criticizes articles that were published on the Web site of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in which the authors criticized the Coptic Orthodox Church’s stance toward the recently issued church ruling giving Christian divorcees, through a court ruling, the right to re-marry even though...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The article reports on the church trial of an Orthodox priest on charges of financial and moral indiscretions.
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: 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.
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: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The controversial court ruling that was issued recently is still creating heated discussions in Coptic and judicial milieus. While some think it is binding and necessary, religious sources reject it because it is a violation of the Biblical teaching.
Date of source: Saturday, March 29, 2008
The third laymen conference was supposed to be held at the end of March, 2008. However, it was postponed to an unspecified date. Organizers of the conference attributed the delay to the diversity of conferences that were held recently on the same subject; citizenship rights, and to the busy...
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
While clergymen of the Coptic Orthodox Church reject Coptic nominations in the local council elections on the lists of the Muslim Brotherhood, a leader from the group asserts that accepting Coptic nominees on the Brotherhood’s lists is a sign of the group’s democratic nature and a reflection of its...
Date of source: Friday, March 28, 2008
Pope Shenouda faced Copts’ protests against the relocation of Bishop Makārius, the assistant bishop of al-Minyā.