The new regulations for the Pope’s selection have not yet been finalized. The most important amendments include the characteristics of the papal candidate and the electorate. Bishop Rafael, the Public Bishop and the Secretary of the Holy Synod, stated that “in the old regulations list it was okay for a person to nominate himself and submit his papers, this condition is to be changed as it should be the case that others nominate the candidate (Author not mentioned, Copts United, Nov. 21). Read original text in Arabic.