Abu Islam Ahmed Abdallah, owner of the Islamic Enlightenment Publishing House, has printed a version of the Bible that he claims is "forged," prompting Egypt's Coptic Church to consider filing a complaint with the Attorney General...
The head of Egypt's Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, is considering salary increases for priests nationwide in a bid to cope with rising prices.
Naguib Gabriel, chairman of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations, said in a...
Coptic Pope Shenouda III signaled his approval of a new personal status draft law for non-Muslims to a church committee tasked with discussing the proposed bill at a recent meeting at Justice Ministry headquarters.
“Our role has ended and that...
Coptic Pope Shenouda III has issued a resolution prohibiting conferences of a non-religious nature inside churches and auxiliary buildings, except under the full supervision of church authorities.
The Shubra al-Kheima archdiocese, meanwhile, posted...
The archbishop of Maghagha, Minya, Anba Agathon, has pleaded for President Hosni Mubarak to intervene in removing restrictions blocking the building of the city’s new cathedral.
Orders to halt the construction of the church were given by Ahmed Diaa...
Hundreds of Coptic Christians from the Minya Governorate demonstrated on Thursday at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbisiya to demand that authorities intensify investigations into the unexplained disappearance of Camelia Shahata Zakher.
Zakher,...
Giza Archbishop donned a black robe on Friday as funerals were held for four girls who drowned in a Nile boating accident near the Cairo district of Maadi. Aboard the boat was a group from the Margirgis church in Giza.
According to Thiwdeus, the...
Pope Shenouda III of the Orthodox Coptic Church has considered homosexuality a legitimate cause for divorce.
"Adultery is not just determined by the heart or thoughts," said the Pope. "It is also physical as there is a third person involved."
At his...
The Roman Orthodox Church, which represents one of the four officially-recognized sects of Christians in Egypt, said it rejects the new unified Personal Status Law for non-Muslims, which the Ministry of Justice is currently preparing in cooperation...
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an earlier verdict issued in May by the Supreme Administrative Court that obliged the Coptic Church to allow Coptic divorcees to remarry.
Voicing strong opposition to the decision, Coptic Pope...