Coptic Orthodox Church begins selection process for new Pope
Written by Independent Catholic News
The Coptic Orthodox Church has begun the process of selecting a new pope after the 40 day memorial period ended for of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark.
HH Pope Shenouda III departed on 17th March 2012 after 41 years of papacy.
Elections Bring Egypt to the Edge of Abyss
By: Missing Peace
About a year after the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s regime, the crisis in Egypt has brought the country to the edge of abyss.
The political crisis escalated shortly after the Muslim Brotherhood decided to appoint its own candidate for presidency. This decision came after the Brotherhood, together with the Salafists, obtained an overwhelming majority in the Egyptian parliament.
Egyptian court shelves trial against 'unknown' for Maspero massacre of Copts
Judges claim "lack of identification of the culprits." In the October 9, 2011 massacre of peaceful demonstrators 27 Christians were killed and over 300 were injured. 28Copts arrested in the aftermath of the massacre and accused of involvement also acquitted. Victims’ relatives cry "farce".
Cairo (AsiaNews / Agencies) - The Egyptian court has closed the trial - against "persons unknown" - for the Maspero massacre of October 9 last, which killed 27 Coptic Christians,
Maher al-Gohary: Ignorance of Europe, how long can it take?
Source: Weronika - Europe News
Interview with the former Muslims Maher al-Gohary (60) and his daughter Dina (17) who escaped from Egypt because of death penalty for conversion to Christianity.
The very well known case from European media is not looking like coming to an expected happy end. Those two people have been facing difficulties for years, not only in Egypt where death penalty is sentenced
Paving the Coptic Way to Jerusalem
By Ashraf Ramelah
Late last week Egyptian Copts in Cairo booked private airline flights to Jerusalem to celebrate Easter holy week. Soon after, the joy they anticipated turned to anger when they faced rejection by a Coptic priest at the door of Jerusalem’s Saint Helena Chapel on Coptic Palm Sunday. This unlikely denial is understood only by comprehending the unlikelihood of the trip, for it was the first of its kind (a direct flight from Cairo airport to Ben Gurion airport) since the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979 signed by Sadat. Unfortunately, for Egyptian Copts, the intervention of an edict issued by their Pope Shenouda III in the same year known as, “the law that forbids Copts to travel to Jerusalem,” superseded the peace treaty.
It's Not the Arab Spring, It's the Islamization of Life
Written by Clifford D. May - National Review Online
Uprisings in the Middle East are about the “Islamization of life,” not democracy.
Americans do not like to see people living under the jackboots of dictators. We instinctively root for the revolutionaries hoping there are George Washingtons and Thomas Jeffersons among them.
H.G.Bishop David's word in the memorial Service for Pope Shenouda NJ
The Plight Of Egypt's Coptic Christians
Most of us in the West have little knowledge of what life is like for Christians in the Muslim world. Take for example, the Coptic Christians, who were once the dominant religious group in Egypt. Previously the mainstay of their nation, Copts are now living as an oppressed minority, denied religious freedom and equal status in Egyptian life.