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According to an application for the papal chair of the Coptic Orthodox Church, candidates must meet 22 conditions including his life before and after monasticism. The eight-page application also includes candidates’ relations to other churches as well as activities in their community and the...
Meanwhile, Dr. Husayn al-Shāf’ī, chief advisor of to the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar and Chairman of the Arabic Language Academy, rejected a draft law on the re-organization of the top Sunnī establishment. “The person who submitted the draft law wants to have the appointment of the grand shaykh...
According to an application for the papal chair of the Coptic Orthodox Church, candidates must meet 22 conditions including his life before and after monasticism. The eight-page application also includes candidates’ relations to other churches as well as activities in their community and the...
Meanwhile, the committee on the registration of voters in the election of a new pope in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III resumed its activities on Monday (May 7) in the presence of Chairman Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah. "The committee decided to extend the deadline for the...
Copts in al-Thaghr in Alexandria, up to 900,000 in number, are still undecided about supporting 'Amr Mūsá or 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh in the presidential elections but the final decision will be by next week in a bid to unify their voting trends. [Fikrī 'Abd al-Salām, al-Ahrām, May 8, p. 6] Read...
The administrative judiciary court on Tuesday (May 8) is sitting on a case obliging the minister of interior and public prosecutor to arrest and investigate the persons who set up the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV) page on the social networking media Facebook...
Dr. Mirvat al-Tillāwī, president of the National Council for Women (NCW), warned against the recent setback in the position and rights of Egyptian women in a way that threatens their roles in the development of the society during the critical stage Egypt is going through. "There is no prominent...
Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī', by unbinding Dr. Muhammad Mursī, the presidential candidate from the group's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), from his pledge, opened a wide spectrum for contemplation about the nature of the pledge Mursī has committed himself to. Kārim Radwān, a member...
A member in the 18-man committee supervising the papal elections revealed that Bishop Pachomius alone would decide on the names of the seven candidates for the pope position, if a large number of bishops and monks applied, in accordance with the 1957 statute that stipulates candidates must not be...
During ceremonies to commemorate Pope Shenouda III on the occasion of the 40th day of his departure at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, several officials and dignitaries spoke on the virtues of the deceased prelate including Dr. Yahyá al-Jamal, former deputy premier...

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