Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church has witnessed a fine democratic day on Monday (October 29) to elect the 118th pope for the first time in more than 40 years with a massive turnout of voters up to 94%.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Thirty-one eligible archons representing the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria participated in the elections on Monday (October 29), said Kimīl Siddīq, Secretary of the Lay Council in the Mediterranean city.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The ceremony to elect three out of five candidates in the papal elections was carried by the Egyptian TV and radio thanks to support from the church and the voting committee.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Hudá Mikhail ‘Abd al-Malik, a former director general from Cairo, praised women’s representation in the committee overseeing the papal elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Bishop Antonius of Ireland and Scotland said all expatriate Copts are keen on attending the great day of elections that some of them had private flight reservations, adding all Copts would cooperate with the new patriarch for the good of the church. [
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Bishop Bula, the official spokesman for the papal elections committee, said children wishing to participate in a competition to choose one of them who will take the altar lot, a process that will end in naming the new pope who will sit on the Saint Mark chair.
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2012
Dozens of Salafists and members of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) staged on Sunday (October 28) mass protests against ‘Id al-Adhá celebrations held on a main road overlooking the River Nile in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Menya, where more than 2,000 Muslim and Christian...
Date of source: Sunday, October 28, 2012
Monday (October 29) will be the day long awaited by Copts – eight months – to elect a successor for Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, to sit on the chair of Saint Mark, one of the apostles of Jesus, and who preached the Gospel in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2012
President Mursī received Nasīr Nāyīf al-‘Ālī, the chief of the Iraqi presidential cabinet, who handed him a message from Iraqi President Jalāl Talabānī inviting him to visit Iraq to discuss a host of issues of cooperation between the two countries.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2012
Pope Tawadrus said he is not concerned about a million-man demonstration on Friday (November 9) to enforce the Islamic sharī’ah, adding everyone has the right to express their opinions.