Pope Tawadros II

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The funeral of Sunday’s bombing: Loved ones are kept away, it’s a military affair

Church and state leaders took center stage, while families were largely excluded

13 December 2016

Calls to protest church’s alleged financial corruption and divorce laws refused

Mai Shams El-Din | Authorities refused a request on Monday from a group of Coptic activists for permission to demonstrate

2 September 2015

Relationship between Church and state brought into question

Mai Shams El-Din | Last week, a group of Coptic activists protested inside the Abbaseyya Cathedral against the Church’s

8 October 2013

Opinion

Ishaq Ibrahim

The repercussions of Pope Tawadros II’s visit to Jerusalem

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II made an exceptional visit to Jerusalem last Thursday

29 November 2015

News

Pope Tawadros II denounces Coptic protests outside White House over sectarian violence in Egypt

3 August 2016

Sisi meets Pope Tawadros II as negotiations on law to build churches continue

28 July 2016

Coptic bishopric threatens to cancel marriages due to ‘indecent’ celebrations

1 January 2016

Coptic church issues statement defending Pope’s visit to Israel

29 November 2015

Coptic pope turns down invitation to visit Ramallah

28 November 2015

Coptic Pope to attend funeral in Jerusalem, first visit of its kind in decades

26 November 2015

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