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Panel reviewing church law to allow civil marriage
Egypt

Panel reviewing church law to allow civil marriage

A panel from the Ministry of Transitional Justice would sanction civil marriage in a draft law on Christians’ personal status,…
Church nears change of papal election, personal status by-laws
Egypt

Church nears change of papal election, personal status by-laws

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church could finally change internal familial by-laws, which currently forbid Egyptian Coptic Christians from divorcing or remarrying,…
Pope calls for Catholic-Orthodox unity
Egypt

Pope calls for Catholic-Orthodox unity

The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, called on Sunday for unity and dialogue between eastern Orthodox…
More than 50 dead in Nigeria Boko Haram attack on churches
World

More than 50 dead in Nigeria Boko Haram attack on churches

More than 50 people were killed in the latest attack blamed on Boko Haram which targeted churches in Nigeria's embattled…
Court to review ‘October terrorist cell’ trial today
Egypt

Court to review ‘October terrorist cell’ trial today

Giza Criminal Court will start on Thursday trial of seven terrorists affiliated to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group over accusations of…
Bomb next to 6 October church defused
Egypt

Bomb next to 6 October church defused

Giza explosives experts defused on Monday a bomb that was planted next to church in the tenth district in 6…
Church expects Sisi and Sabahi to attend Resurrection Mass
Egypt

Church expects Sisi and Sabahi to attend Resurrection Mass

A source at the Orthodox Church said on Tuesday that presidential candidates Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabbahi are expected…
Church evacuated amid bomb threat
Egypt

Church evacuated amid bomb threat

On Sunday afternoon, Giza police evacuated the Virgin Mary Church in Al-Saff district after they found an improvised explosive device.  A…
Suspect arrested for attacking church, injuring three worshippers
Egypt

Suspect arrested for attacking church, injuring three worshippers

Cairo security services arrested suspect, who allegedly was mentally ill, on Saturday in Mansheyyet Nasser, as investigations and eyewitnesses say he…
Gunman kills two in church off Russia’s eastern coast
World

Gunman kills two in church off Russia’s eastern coast

A gunman opened fire on Sunday in a Russian Orthodox cathedral on the island of Sakhalin, off Russia's eastern coast,…
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