Coptic Church rejects court order on remarrying divorcees
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Saturday, March 18, 2006
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The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has strongly rejected a court order obliging the Church to let followers remarry after obtaining a civil divorce, the semi-official Al-Akhbar reported Friday. "Granting divorces falls within the jurisdiction of the court, but it has no authority to carry out marriages," Pope Shenuda III told the paper.
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