Date of source: Friday, February 21, 2014
Pope Francis has urged the followers of the Catholic Church to continue evangelizing the world. He stated that a Christian that stops evangelizing is like a man sick in his creed (Author not mentioned, al- Fath, Feb. 21. p. 11). Read original text online in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 15, 2014
According to Italian newspaper La Republica, the Catholic Pope Francis stated that reliable data states that 2 per cent of the clergy in the Catholic Church are sexually attracted to children.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Pope Tawadros has put the corner stone of the fist Papal See abroad.
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2015
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, arrived in Cairo yesterday as the head of a delegation from London for a two-day visit. It is his second visit to Egypt since his inauguration in March 2013. He met Pope Tawadros II and high ranking officials from al-Azhar and other institutions. Sources...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2018
In an official visit to the Coptic Orthodox Church, a delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church arrived yesterday evening.
Date of source: Saturday, September 6, 2014
Pope Tawadros II arrived in Toronto Airport, Canada.
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2018
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, met with the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella on Monday at the Republican Palace in Rome, discussing various topics related to Christianity in Egypt, such as the prominent role the Coptic Orthodox Church and al-Azhar...
Date of source: Thursday, September 4, 2014
Pope Tawadros II has held a special meeting with a number of Ambassadors and Diplomats in Switzerland.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
In the first official meeting abroad pope Tawadros has met with Fr. Philip expert in the affairs of the Orient to the Ambassador of the Vatican Pope in the UN.
Date of source: Friday, February 7, 2014
The Vatican responded angrily to the UN yesterday, after the latter accused it of covering up crimes of child abuse by priests and requested it to change its position on abortion and homo-sexuality. It accused the Committee for Children’s Rights of the UN of intentionally misinterpreting the facts...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 29, 2018
President al-Sīsī met today with His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, accompanied by a delegation from the First International Forum of Coptic Church Youth.
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2014
The Fifth Conference on Coptic Assimilation ended yesterday in WashingtonD.C., headed by Magdī Khalīl, writer, analyst, and member of the board of directors of the Organization of Coptic Assimilation. The conference aimed to address the situation for minorities in societies worldwide, but in...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2014
The UN Human Rights committee is denouncing attacks committed against children by clergy of the Catholic Church (the Vatican). It denounced the policies that, according to the statement, allowed priests to rape hundreds of thousand children and to sexually harass them. It called for revealing the...
Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2014
In response to the approval of American churches to allow homosexuals to get married, Rev. Dr Safwat al-Bayādi, head of the Coptic Evangelical Community Council, has sent a letter to the Arabic Evangelical churches in the US opposing the decision of the American Evangelical churches and calling to...
Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2014
Al- Minya suffered the most from the terrorism of the Muslim Brotherhood members. Sabotage and destruction has reached its nine centers.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2018
The Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates Affairs, Ambassador Nabīla Makram, met with a French parliamentary delegation from the Eastern Christians Studies Group in the presence of the French Ambassador in Egypt. The delegation is currently visiting Egypt headed by the two French MPs...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2018
The Coptic al-Bawāba made a year-long trip to a range of distinct religious sites for exploring the Coptic shrines at home Egypt particularly Aswan, and abroad especially in Paris. The most significant of these shrines are outlined below.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Majdī Khalīl, spokesman of the Coptic Solidarity Association, said that the organization will convene a conference on June 26- 27 about the Eastern Christians.
Date of source: Monday, August 4, 2014
The letter n is being used by activists on social media websites to initiate a campaign in support of Christians in Iraq who are facing displacement from their homes.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2018
On October 6, 2016, Arie de Boer, Koen Vliegenthart and Cornelis Hulsman visited two sites that were World Servants projects in the period of 2006 until 2009. The delegation was received by Father Rueiss [Ruways], and briefly met with Bishop Gabriel [Jibrāʾīl] when he left the church after a prayer...
Date of source: Saturday, September 15, 2018
In his speech, during the inauguration of St. Helena and St. Anasimone Church of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York in Queens, Pope Tawāḍrūs II stated that Egypt has a great history dating back to thousands of years, pointing out that there are strong indications of improvement of its...
Date of source: Thursday, November 15, 2018
Father Barsoum [Barṣūm] has been the priest of the three year old Saint Karas [Kārās] Church in Beni Suef [Banī Suwayf] since it was established, and currently serves around 900 families. The church has received a license to build, and the priest is extremely positive about the support received...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2018
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, took part in the diaspora affairs conference hosted by the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England. The conference was attended by 16 bishops from abroad.
Date of source: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Judge Muṣṭafā Alham, Governor of Luxor, met with the delegation of the Italian Catholic Church, headed by the Italian archbishop Luigi Vari, accompanied by Bishop ʿAmānūʾīl ʿAyyād, Luxor Archbishop of Coptic Catholics and the coordinator of the visit.
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2018
Dr. Khālid al-ʿAnānī, minister of Antiquities, received the Archbishop of Gaeta, with the company of a delegation of professors from the Catholic University of Rome, and Hānī ʿAzīz, Secretary General of Egypt's Peace Lovers Association.
Date of source: Friday, October 5, 2018
Rev. Dr. Andrīyya Zakī, Head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, participated in marking the 3rd day of the One Family Conference hosted by the Apostolic Church under the patronage of Pastor Nāṣir Katkūt, General President of the Apostolic Churches in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2018
The Center for Arab-West Understanding invited Matthew Anderson to participate in the Intercultural Summer School of the Center for Arab-West Understanding and Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development, June 26 – July 7, 2018, and to spend some time in our office in view of succeeding...
Date of source: Sunday, June 1, 2014 to Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Cornelis Hulsman Drs. and Bishop Thomas of al-Qussia discuss the bishop's Anafora retreat center in an interview published by the Maadi Messenger in 2014 with additional contextual commentary by Cornelis Hulsman.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
"I will collect the approvals for presidential candidature to be registered at the notary during the next couple of weeks in the name of 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh 'Abd al-Hādī Abū Sa'd, known as 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh," Dūs was quoted in a message obtained by al-Wafd.
Meanwhile, the Egypt...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
SCAF reiterated that the runoff round will be held as scheduled and there will be no change on that, calling on citizens to go to the polling stations and to elect the candidate they think best for the nation. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 15, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
On the other hand, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Chairman of the Voter Registration Committee on the election of a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who died in March, said the number of voters expected to be included in the election is about 2500...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
SCAF reiterated that the runoff round will be held as scheduled and there will be no change on that, calling on citizens to go to the polling stations and to elect the candidate they think best for the nation. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, June 15, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
The decision by the minister of justice to authorize military intelligence and military police officers and NCOs the power to arrest civilians suspected of having committed crimes has raised hue and cry among political and revolutionary movements that announced their rejection while some law and...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
It is a very dangerous thing to dissolve the first free parliament voted over by 35 million Egyptians in a historic precedent under full judicial supervision without any suspected rigging, said constitutional law expert Dr. ‘Abd al-Hamīd Mitwallī in an interview to al-Wafd newspaper.
The voting...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
The three Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic Churches also declined to comment on the rulings handed down by the Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday (June 14) regarding the invalidity of the one-third individual seats in parliament and the unconstitutionality of the law on practicing...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
Meanwhile, the Azhar denied reports that it quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, confirming participation in the panel’s work. The three Egyptian churches, however, stated that they will coordinate with the Azhar to take a joint decision regarding the assembly. [...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
“This agreement could be detrimental to the Palestinian interests,” said Egypt’s Foreign Minister Muhammad Kāmil ‘Amr. [Muhammad Hindāwī, al-Akhbār, June 15, p. 14] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The list included Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus, Counselor Munsif Sulaymān and former People's Assembly member Georgette Qilīnī. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, June 10, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The Azhar prepared an initial list of its representatives on the panel, as the names included the former Muftī of the Republic and incumbent member of the Islamic Research Academy Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil and senior advisor to the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Hassan al-Shāf'ī.. [Author Not Mentioned...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The ministry of justice rejected a draft law criminalizing hatemongering on the basis of religion, sex, language, culture or ethnicity on the grounds that the proposed draft is already covered in the penal code articles 160, 161, 161-bis, 171 and 176 and consequently there is no need for an...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
A new paper [al-Watan] said it quoted the American organization Pew as saying that Coptic population is 4.3 million and the paper claimed that it contacted Pew to confirm the figure but it said that it relied on the numbers provided by the Egyptian statistical organization in 2006, writes Mājid '...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Bishop Bīsantī of Helwan and al-Ma'sarah stressed utmost respect for presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Mursī in the runoff elections, expressing welcome to an Islamist president who would lead the nation to a civil state taking into account all citizenship rights for all Egyptians.
Bishop Bīsantī...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The ministry of justice rejected a draft law criminalizing hatemongering on the basis of religion, sex, language, culture or ethnicity on the grounds that the proposed draft is already covered in the penal code articles 160, 161, 161-bis, 171 and 176 and consequently there is no need for an...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Bishop Pachomius is announcing within days the rules for selecting voters in the Coptic parishes abroad to participate in the election of the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, said Bishop Marqus.
These parishes are located in six areas in America and two in Canada but the names of their...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The National Council for Women (NCW) under Ambassador Mirvat al-Talāwī is considering rules for female nominations on the constituent assembly, on top of these women come Counselor Tahānī al-Jibālī, Vice President of the Supreme Constitutional Court, and others.
Talāwī said the NCW hopes that women...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The Azhar prepared an initial list of its representatives on the panel, as the names included the former Muftī of the Republic and incumbent member of the Islamic Research Academy Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil and senior advisor to the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Hassan al-Shāf'ī.. [Author Not Mentioned...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The Egyptian churches will be represented in the panel with four seats – two for the Coptic Orthodox Church, one for the Coptic Evangelical Church and one for the Coptic Catholic Church. ['Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 10, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
The list included Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Coptic business magnate Najīb Sawirus, Counselor Munsif Sulaymān and former People's Assembly member Georgette Qilīnī. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, June 10, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
He noted that 200 Muslim and Coptic political figures, intellectuals and clerics have participated in the study, including Bishop Marqus, Bishop Yūhannā Qultah, Freedom and Justice Party deputy leader ‘Isām al-‘Iryān, People’s Assembly member Subhī Sālih, Abū al-‘Izz al-Harīrī, Jamāl al-Bannā and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
CIDT director Hānī Labīb said the center has conducted a recent public opinion poll on Article 2, which reads that Islamic sharī’ah is the main source of legislation.
“The nine-month-long survey covered 5,000 respondents from 10 governorates as only 2% demanded the article’s abolition while 7%...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Dr. Nabīl Hilmī, the former dean of the Faculty of Law, al-Zaqāzīq University, said during the meeting that he supports keeping article 2 of the constitution but has to be watered down so as to avoid it causing any splits among the segments of the Egyptian society.
Shaykh ‘Usāmah al-Qūsī, a Salafī ...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The artistic items police closed down the office of the Iranian channel al-‘Alam, arrested its director and seized all equipment for the station’s failure to obtain a license before working in Egypt. [‘Imād al-Dīn Sābir, al-Ahrām, May 15, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Minister of Information exacted administrative penalties on Ibrāhīm al-Sayyād, the chairman of the news sector in the state television, and ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Hilw, an official in the sector, after administrative investigations into reported inciting coverage of the October 9 events in Maspero, which...