Egypt Coptıc Church Dıvorced Chrıstıans Remarrıage
EGYPT COPTIC CHURCH DIVORCED CHRISTIANS REMARRIAGEEPA02192075 EGYPT'S COPTİC CHURCH HEAD, POPE SHENOUDA LOOKS ON DURİNG A FAMİLY PHOTOGRAPH PRİOR TO
epa02192075 Egypt ' s Coptic church head , Pope Shenouda looks on during a family photograph prior to a press conference , outside the Abbasiya Cathedral in Cairo , Egypt , 08 June 2010 . The pope held , on 08 June , a meeting with members of the Coptic church clergy in order to discuss , Egypt ' s High Court ruling on 31 May , which allows divorced Egyptian Copts to remarry . The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian Church in Egypt . Divorceremarriage are only permitted by it for " the innocent party in cases of adultery or conversion " . The issue has been a controversial one since 2008 after Egypt ' s Higher Civil Court ruled that Copts who had filed for a civil divorce had the legal right to remarry . EPA/HATEM WALID
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