Dr. Reverend Safwat Al-Bayaadi, head of the Anglican Communion in Egypt, told Copts United that the Constituent Assembly of the constitution has coincided on 14 articles so far.

Mohammed Anwar Sadat, head of Reform and Development Party, has denounce attacking the Church of Sts. Mina and Philopatir in Shubra al-Khima, and considered it a result of the absence of state institutions that are supposed to protect the places of worship.

Many leaders of the Christian denominations as well as public figures have attended the altar ballot including Abba Theodoros II, Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa of the roman Orthodox, Abba Oshodm Bishop of the Armenian Orthodox Church in Egypt and Sudan, and ِAbba Andrew, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syrian Orthodox, and Monsignor Corian Matthew, delegate from the Vatican, Bishop John Kolta, Patriarchal Vicar of the Copts Catholics, and a delegation from the Evangelical church in Egypt.

Rev. Reda Thabet, head of the Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said after participating in the mass of the altar ballot as a representative of the Evangelical Church that he feels that Abba Tawadrous is God's choice after all Coptic Christians were praying for God to choose the best one to lead the church at such difficult time.

Ahmed Shafik, the former presidential candidate, has congratulated the Coptic Orthodox Church on the new pope after what he calls the great election process ending up with choosing Pope Tawadrous II in the altar ballot.

About 200 Salafis have attacked a concert in Minya claiming it’s a missionary concert and shouted out “Egypt is Islamic country... We sacrifice ourselves for Islam”!

Cathedral of St. Mark is ready to receive the 2411 voters of the papal elections tomorrow form 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The voters are going to choose three of the five papal candidates.