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Coptic Orthodox Church suspends dialogue with Vatican over same-sex blessings

Thursday, March 14th, 2024
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The Coptic Orthodox Church has suspended its two-decade-long doctrinal dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church over the Vatican’s approval of same-sex blessings. The Patriarchate of Alexandria and Coptic officials have labelled same-sex blessings as heresy. The Holy Synod of the ancient Coptic Orthodox Church, based in Egypt, announced the suspension on March 7. “After consulting Read more

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Two monks charged with bishop’s murder

Thursday, August 16th, 2018

Two monks have been arrested and charged with a bishop’s murder. Bishop Epiphanius, 64, the Coptic abbot of an Egyptian monastery about 100 kilometres from Cairo, was found dead at the end of last month. Police say Epiphanius had been struck with a sharp instrument which had left him with fractures in the back of Read more

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