Abba Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles, said the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church acknowledged abandonment for five years as reason for divorce.

Abba Arsany, Bishop of the Netherlands, ordained two new priests to minister in the Coptic Orthodox church in Holland and Belgium.

Abba Youhanna, Bishop of Northern Giza, ordained two new priests at St. Mary and St. Mina Church in Warraq.

Abba Anthony, Bishop of Jerusalem, celebrated today the first Holy Mass in the Holy Land. The new bishop was enthroned yesterday in Jerusalem in the presence of the congregation, leaders of the other denominations and officials.

Dr. Mohamed Mukhtar Juma, minister of religious endowments, announced that 70 new mosques opened in two months.

Dr. Abdel-Moneim Fouad, professor of religion and philosophy at Al-Azhar University, denounced a campaign by Dr. Amna Nosir, member of the House of Representatives, to prevent niqab by law.

Egypt’s Minister of Justice promised to solve crisis of Minya children after a group of MPs met with him on Thursday to discuss the crisis of Minya children who were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of contempt of Islam.

Coptic churches will be celebrating daily late masses at the Great Lent from 1 to 3 p.m.

This week Egypt's parliament will hold final debates on the new set of parliamentary bylaws that will regulate the conduct of its MPs over the next five years, including articles that specify MPs' salaries.

An Egyptian student in the US has agreed to leave the country after authorities arrested him for a Facebook comment allegedly threatening to kill US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, according to the NBC news network.

A parliamentary committee will begin investigations with MP Kamal Ahmed over throwing his shoes at recently-dismissed lawmaker Tawfik Okasah sunday, Youm7 reported.

During his weekly sermon, Pope invited the Egyptian people to donate for Egypt in order to support the Egyptian economy.

Hani al-Masry, coordinator of the Association of the victims of the personal status law, said that the new draft of the personal status law gave him pleasure since it accepted the abandonment as reason for divorce.

Abba Serapion, Bishop of Los Angeles, said that the Coptic Orthodox Church gives permissions for second marriage according to the gospel.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, attended yesterday a seminar at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadil Natroun, to discuss the personal status law.

Congregation of Beni Suef celebrated Abba Antonious, Bishop of Jerusalem, during his visit yesterday to Beni Suef accompanied by Abba Youstos, bishop of St. Anthony monastery in the Red Sea.

A group of members of the Egyptian Parliament called to nullify the law of defamation of religion. They added that only Sheikh of Al-Azhar can decide the abolition of the law or not.