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al-Usbūc reports on the opinions of Coptic figureheads on the new policy of the U.S. Administration to redistribute part of its aid to Egypt in order to be used in the building and renovation of churches. Copts, clergy, and laymen alike condemn the new policy and accuse it of aiming at disrupting...
The crisis of al- Muqattam Church presided over by the so-called Maximus ? is experiencing new developments that may end the famous issue that preoccupied the church’s circles in Egypt last year, after the Greek Church did not recognize the religious legitimacy of Bishop Mavias and the priests that...
The American University in Cairo (AUC) is believed to marginalize the Coptic Orthodox Church and ignore its ancient history and pure Egyptian identity and nationalism. It is believed to search for a substitute for the Coptic Orthodox Church to replace its viewpoints in some social issues that are...
Pope Shenouda recently stated that the 1957 regulation is fair, yet it may stand as an obstacle before persons with good qualifications and well-know names who became monks a few years ago, as the regulation stipulates that a candidate to the papal chair should have spent 15 years as a monk. Any...
Publications that reach the hands of Orthodox Copts from other different denominations became a noticeable phenomenon to which the Coptic Orthodox Church gave its attention some time ago, considering them to be one of the attempts of other denominations to practice missionary activities among its...
The article is about the role of Eastern churches in confronting theories that mix politics with religion. These theories created a theoretical conflict [between civilization] that is being propagated all over the world. The latest meeting of the Middle East Council of Churches focused on the issue...
The author praises the stand of Pope Shenouda against homosexuality.
A center for the Adventists has been inaugurated in Bur-Fou´ad city. The Coptic Orthodox Church is dissatisfied at this, as the Adventists try to attract Orthodox youths with their publications that are not in accordance with the Orthodox faith.
The Ministry of Justice revises the draft unified Personal Status Law for Copts that was presented to the government in 1999 by the Christian denominations in Egypt. The law states that spouses cannot change their denomination or religion during marriage. This would mean difficulty for divorce or...
A man claming to be a priest submitted a request to the Ministry of the Interior asking to establish a new Orthodox denomination called "The denomination of the children of St. Paul for Copts in Egypt." Pope Shenouda warns against such persons.

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