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Rumors have spread about the escalating tension between the Coptic public and the church leadership. While many voices complained about the “tyranny” of the church leadership, church sources denied the rumors and attributed the problems and protests to misunderstandings.
Wafā’ Wasfī republishes a 40-year old letter the then Bishop Shenouda of education sent to Dr. Sulaymān Nasīm, a former teacher at the Coptic Orthodox Clerical Seminary, about the prelate’s conflicts with some bishops during the papacy of Pope Kyrillos VI.
New applicants to the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Seminary were astonished when asked to submit their voting cards as an obligatory paper for housing. The church has stated it is an attempt at encouraging Copts to effectively participate in politics.
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In all the churches of the world church leadership encourages researchers and their research. The Coptic Orthodox Church however, is an exception, and in recent decades has experienced a significant intellectual decline. The Christian faith has become confined to what Coptic leaders say, which has...
Father ‘Abd al-Masīḥ Basīṭ Abū al-Khayr explains why George Ḥabīb Bibāwī is being tried.
Muḥammad al-Bāz, the author, claims that leading figures of the Coptic Orthodox Church are unqualified in theological academic studies; as a result, they fail to respond to George Bibāwī’s accusations.
The article reveals reasons for the current conflict between Dr. George Ḥabīb Bibāwī and Pope Shenouda III.
Bishop Kyrillos returns to the Diocese of Naj‘ Ḥammādī, amid demonstrations of love in which Muslims also participated.

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