Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Pope Shenouda is apt to crown his papal mandate with a real reform in the church. The church embodied in some of its clergymen is supporting laymen groups to fight the conference. Labīb reveals an example of a group from Alexandria.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
The article presents a brief overview of the most important events
that have happened in Egyptian churches during 2006.
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
Kamāl Zākhir M?s? writes on the trend that has been increasing inside the Coptic Orthodox Church. It is heading toward a clash with enlightened laymen, instead of seeking ways of working together constructively.
Date of source: Thursday, December 28, 2006
Pope Shenouda III rebuffs a proposition that mass should be recited in Arabic instead of the poorly understood Coptic language.
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
In an interview with al-
Ahrām, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark congratulates Muslims on
‘Īd al-Adh? and wishes Egypt all prosperity and welfare.
Date of source: Friday, February 16, 2007
Samiḥ Fawzī discusses the idea of establishing a Christian university similar to that of the Azhar.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 6, 2007
The article highlights the announcement of Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá regarding the establishment of the ‘Copts without borders’ organization and the reactions to that announcement.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
Pope Shenouda discussed the ideas of Father Mattá al-Miskīn as being heresies. Butrus calls for an objective discussion of theological and religious issues in the writings of the men of religion, as most of the time people automatically adopt their leaders’ ideas out of confidence, or sometimes,...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2007
George Ḥabīb Bibāwī publishes the fifth and final episode of his series of articles in Rose al-Yūsuf newspaper about the problems facing the church. This article is entitled ‘Devastating the last lay bastion, what is next?’
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
After Max Michel and the laymen’s conference, the Coptic Orthodox Church is facing troubles with a new dissident called Ra’ūbīl Istifanus, who established Saint Paul’s church for his new congregation the Sons of the Christ.