WADI AL-NATRUN — The new Coptic Orthodox pope said on Monday that a constitution being drafted by Egypt's politicians must be inclusive and the church would oppose any text that only addressed one part of the Muslim-majority nation.

In his first statements as Egypt's new Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II – selected on Sunday – voiced hope that Egypt would witness a "genuine national revival" under Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.

US President Barack Obama congratulated all Coptic Christians and all Egyptians late Sunday, the same day the new Coptic Pope, Bishop Tawadros, was chosen as the Patriarch of the Holy See of Alexandria and all of Africa.

The displacement of Egypt’s Coptic population is unacceptable, hateful, and tarnishes the nation’s international reputation, the newly-elected patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Tawadros II, said Monday.

The enthronement of the Egypt's new Coptic pope will be held on 18 November, Bishop Pachomios, the acting patriarch, told Al-Ahram Arabic news website, Monday night.

Having been pronounced dead on Saturday afternoon at 88, Pope Shenouda III ended an exceptionally hectic tenure that impacted Copts in many ways over more than four decades.

An Egyptian misdemeanours court on Sunday postponed trial proceedings in the ongoing case of Muslim preacher Abu-Islam Ahmed Abdullah, who faces charges of defaming the Christian faith, to 17 November pending the court's response to a request by defence lawyers for the recusal of the presiding judges in the case.

"It has been so dark for Copts lately, and Pope Tawadros II seems to be the light at the end of the tunnel," Miriam Nasser, a 30-year-old housewife told Ahram Online at St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo's Abbasiya district after Tawadros was named the church's 118th patriarch on Sunday morning.

A child who will be guided by the "hands of God" will determine the name of the new pope for Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church who will succeed Pope Shenouda III, who died in March after leading the Church for 40 years.

Three lawyers filed the lawsuit against Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi, Prime Minister Hisham Qandil and Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday it is committed to enshrining Islamic Shariah law as the main source of a new constitution

A council of Coptic Christians in Egypt has named three candidates to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who died in March

A senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood faces prosecution after a television presenter filed a complaint

The Egyptian president was this week bombarded with criticism after he missed the mark trying to interpret and define a verse from the holy Quran

Discussing atheism or criticizing religion in Egypt can only be done in closed circles

A Salafi preacher and politician has declared that Egyptians who vote for a constitution that does not impose Sharia (Islamic law) on the country will “go to hell,”

The enthronement of the Egypt's new Coptic pope will be held on 18 November, Bishop Pachomios, the acting patriarch, told Al-Ahram Arabic news website, Monday night

Egypt's striking doctors announced they will form human chains from the Doctors' Syndicate to the Ministry of Health in downtown Cairo

Security officials said Wednesday that no suspects have been arrested, days after gunmen attacked government buildings in the Sinai peninsula

The death of Shenuda, who headed the church for four decades, set in motion the process to elect a new patriarch

The Muslim Brotherhood guidance office invited the internal Brotherhood Shura Council to elect new guidance office members in November