coptic church
Coptic pope: Ordination of priests contingent on wives’ approval
Egypt
August 19, 2010
Coptic pope: Ordination of priests contingent on wives’ approval
The ordination of Coptic priests should be contingent upon the consent of their spouses, Coptic Pope Shenouda III has said…
Islamic publishing house prints ‘forged’ Bible version
Egypt
August 18, 2010
Islamic publishing house prints ‘forged’ Bible version
Abu Islam Ahmed Abdallah, owner of the Islamic Enlightenment Publishing House, has printed a version of the Bible that he…
Coptic pope warns congregation against confessions by telephone
Egypt
August 16, 2010
Coptic pope warns congregation against confessions by telephone
Coptic Pope Shenouda III has warned members of his flock against confessing their sins to priests over the telephone.
Coptic pope approves new personal status bill
Egypt
August 10, 2010
Coptic pope approves new personal status bill
Coptic Pope Shenouda III signaled his approval of a new personal status draft law for non-Muslims to a church committee…
Church takes possession of saints’ remains
Archaeology
August 3, 2010
Church takes possession of saints’ remains
The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has handed over the remains of three Coptic saints to the Abu Hanas Coptic…
Coptic bishop: ElBaradei his own enemy
Egypt
August 1, 2010
Coptic bishop: ElBaradei his own enemy
Father Moussa, the bishop of youth for the Coptic Orthodox Church, has criticized Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the International…
Christians wait for new personal status law
Egypt
July 28, 2010
Christians wait for new personal status law
Recent hype surrounding Coptic divorce has brought back to the table the issue of a personal status law for Christians,…
Youssef Ziedan: Misrepresentations of an intellectual
Opinion
July 28, 2010
Youssef Ziedan: Misrepresentations of an intellectual
Over the past year, Youssef Ziedan has reinvented himself as a public intellectual. In spite of this achievement, he has…
Churches hail court’s reversal on remarriage
Egypt
July 8, 2010
Churches hail court’s reversal on remarriage
Egypt's Coptic, Catholic and Anglican Churches all welcomed a decision by the Supreme Constitutional Court to overturn a previous ruling…
Court ruling on Coptic remarriage overturned
Egypt
July 7, 2010
Court ruling on Coptic remarriage overturned
The Supreme Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an earlier verdict issued in May by the Supreme Administrative Court that obliged…