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Baptist church echoes Coptic criticism of female ordination
Egypt

Baptist church echoes Coptic criticism of female ordination

Head of the Egyptian Baptist Church, Reverend Boutros Felta'us, on Saturday denounced pressures to permit females to become Baptist priests. Rev.…
Al-Ahram commentary on Pope Shenouda riles Egypt’s Coptic Christians
Egypt

Al-Ahram commentary on Pope Shenouda riles Egypt’s Coptic Christians

Egyptian Coptic activists filed a complaint on Wednesday with the General Persecution Office accusing state-run daily Al-Ahram of defaming Pope…
Rights group accuses Al-Ahram of insulting pope
Egypt

Rights group accuses Al-Ahram of insulting pope

An Egyptian rights organization has accused state-run Al-Ahram newspaper of igniting sectarian tension by insulting Coptic Church head Pope Shenouda…
In possible rift with NDP, Pope Shenouda ignores parliament run-offs
Egypt

In possible rift with NDP, Pope Shenouda ignores parliament run-offs

Pope Shenouda III, head of the Egyptian Coptic Church, refrained from casting a ballot in Sunday’s parliamentary run-offs in a…
Authorities release 4 in Omraniya church riot case
Egypt

Authorities release 4 in Omraniya church riot case

Egyptian Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud on Monday ordered a continued 15-day detention of 152 defendants pending investigation. The defendants…
Prosecution holds hearing for suspects in Coptic unrest
Egypt

Prosecution holds hearing for suspects in Coptic unrest

Giza prosecution services on Sunday held a hearing for the 165 individuals suspected of rioting and assaulting police officers during…
Court verdict permitting remarriage ‘irrelevant,’ says church lawyer
Egypt

Court verdict permitting remarriage ‘irrelevant,’ says church lawyer

Coptic Church lawyer Ramses al-Naggar said a Wednesday court verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry would be "irrelevant" since it…
Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry
Egypt

Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry

Egypt's Court of Administrative Justice on Tuesday upheld an earlier judicial ruling allowing Coptic Christian divorcees to remarry.
Coptic Pope Shenouda III decries bishop’s apology for Omraniya clashes
Egypt

Coptic Pope Shenouda III decries bishop’s apology for Omraniya clashes

Coptic Pope Shenouda III has categorically rejected an apology issued by a Giza bishop for last week's sectarian clashes, according…
Ruling NDP says Coptic protests ‘premeditated’
Egypt

Ruling NDP says Coptic protests ‘premeditated’

Officials of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) on Thursday said that recent demonstrations staged by Coptic Christians in Giza…
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