Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Pope Shenouda Orders Investigation into Divorce Demands
Pope Shenouda III (al-Suriani) of the Coptic Orthodox Church is having the demands of pro-divorce, pro-remarriage demonstrators in Cairo investigated to discern whether they should in fact have been allowed to divorce by the Church due to their individual situations. (Currently, only a change in faith or adultery are causes for the Church to grant a couple divorce.) More here.
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Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria,
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