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The Secretary General of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Bīshūy, denied the statements al-Wafd newspaper ascribed to him. Bishop Bīshūy asserted that he had not given any press declarations during his time in hospital.

 

In a related context, Bayyūmī reported that Pope Shenouda III had decided to prevent monks’ travels without his documented approval, under threat of defrocking. Pope Shenouda gave monks who are abroad a margin of four weeks from the date of the decision to come back under the penalty of defrocking.

 

A monk called Mosis al-Muharraqī was specified in the decision because he had left to Indiana in the United States. Pope Shenouda gave him a time limit of two weeks to be back in Egypt.

 

[Reviewer: al-Dustūr of April, 2010 (p. 4) and al-Musawwar of April 26, 2010 (p. 9)].