{"id":38747,"date":"2016-08-23T12:37:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T10:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=38747"},"modified":"2016-08-23T12:37:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T10:37:50","slug":"%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84-%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84-%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%a7\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister meets HH Pope Tawadros II to discuss building churches bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; color: #000000;\">Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister, met HH Pope Tawadros II\u00a0Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the see of Saint Mark, on Monday, to discuss a number of files including the\u00a0controversial construction of churches bill.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; color: #000000;\">The government source revealed to\u00a0&#8220;youm7&#8221; that the government is currently working on an agreement\u00a0between all parties to finalize building churches law and present\u00a0it\u00a0to the House of Representatives soon.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'andale mono', times; color: #000000;\">Anba Beeman, Bishop of Qus and Nakada and head of the crisis committee of the Coptic Church, confirmed that \u00a0Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the see of Saint Mark, called Archbishops and Bishops members of the Holy Synod for\u00a0an emergency meeting next Wednesday to discuss the latest developments of church building bill situation, which churches are negotiating for\u00a0with the government.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The final draft includes\u00a0eight articles that\u00a0begins with definitions of the church, the altar,\u00a0the community, priest,\u00a0the governor and\u00a0Legal representative of the community defined in the bill\u00a0 as a natural non-clerics person, the only one responsible to take all actions relating to licensing in accordance with the provisions of the law\u00a0.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;andale mono&quot;, times; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">The project also included the definition of &#8220;Retreat House&#8221; which includes accommodation and places to practice Spiritual, cultural and recreational\u00a0activities, beside a\u00a0place for\u00a0Eucharist making, which is defined as a place inside the church or attached to for Eucharist making, and complied with all the requirements of health and safety standards, as specified in the law.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">And\u00a0take into account that the Church that require\u00a0a license to be built\u00a0and its\u2019\u00a0outbuilding to commensurate with the number and needs of the Christian citizens in the region that the church will be\u00a0built in, taking into account population growth rates. 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