The ordination of Coptic priests should be contingent upon the consent of their spouses, Coptic Pope Shenouda III has said in his weekly sermon.
“Wives should also be tested on whether they fully understand the nature of a priest's vocation,” the (...)
The archbishop of Maghagha, Minya, Anba Agathon, has pleaded for President Hosni Mubarak to intervene in removing restrictions blocking the building of the city's new cathedral.
Orders to halt the construction of the church were given by Ahmed Diaa (...)
Hundreds of Coptic Christians from the Minya Governorate demonstrated on Thursday at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbisiya to demand that authorities intensify investigations into the unexplained disappearance of Camelia Shahata Zakher.
Zakher, (...)
