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Islamic State kills Christian priest in Egypt’s North Sinai
Egypt
July 1, 2016
Islamic State kills Christian priest in Egypt’s North Sinai
Islamist militants gunned down a Christian priest in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as he was fixing his car, the Interior Ministry…
Church officials push for new law on renovation and construction
Egypt
May 8, 2016
Church officials push for new law on renovation and construction
The three main church denominations in Egypt sent a drafted law on the renovation and construction of churches to Chancellor…
Pope Tawadros II receives personal status law recommendations
Egypt
August 15, 2015
Pope Tawadros II receives personal status law recommendations
A church source said that Pope Tawadros II received personal status law recommendations from the legislative committee on Friday, which…
Church legal adviser: Adultery expanded to include SMSs, movie-going
Egypt
June 20, 2015
Church legal adviser: Adultery expanded to include SMSs, movie-going
The new Personal Status Regulation prepared by the Coptic Church which will go into effect in July has stirred controversy. Church…
Church spokesperson: Systematic campaign to show pope isolated from people
Egypt
June 6, 2015
Church spokesperson: Systematic campaign to show pope isolated from people
Father Royce Morkos, spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said on Friday there is a campaign trying to show that…
Coptic Church challenges verdict obliging it to allow remarriage of Coptic citizen
Egypt
April 28, 2015
Coptic Church challenges verdict obliging it to allow remarriage of Coptic citizen
Leila Attia Isaac, a Coptic Church lawyer, filed an appeal on Tuesday to the Supreme Administrative Court to challenge the…
Pope calls for Catholic-Orthodox unity
Egypt
November 9, 2014
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…
Egypt religious leaders condemn Israel’s Al-Aqsa closure
Egypt
November 1, 2014
Egypt religious leaders condemn Israel’s Al-Aqsa closure
Egypt’s Minister of Islamic Endowments Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa and the head of the Egyptian church Pope Tawadros II condemned Israel’s…
Coptic Church: 30 June was popular revolution
Egypt
December 20, 2013
Coptic Church: 30 June was popular revolution
Royce Morcos, representative of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, stressed that the events that occurred on 30 June were…
Interim constitution rejected by Church, NSF and Salafis
Egypt
July 10, 2013
Interim constitution rejected by Church, NSF and Salafis
A transitional Constitutional Declaration issued early Tuesday by Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour, has drawn criticism by politicians and religious…