Home›Sources›His Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)SourcesHis Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, reporting Pope Shenouda III, June 2010Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "His Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/lacopts-2010-defends-divorce-remarriage.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). His Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/lacopts-2010-defends-divorce-remarriageCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-his-holiness-defends-coptic-position-on, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {His Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/lacopts-2010-defends-divorce-remarriage}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles's own account of a June 2010 press conference in which Pope Shenouda III defended the church's position on divorce and remarriage after an Egyptian administrative court ruling attempted to mandate wider grounds for remarriage. States marriage within the Coptic Church is a sacrament and a religious duty, not merely an administrative action, and that no divorce has been permitted within the Coptic community except in cases the church itself recognizes, resting the church's restriction on scripture rather than civil law.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedCoptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and HawaiiPublication YearWell-attested2010URLWell-attestedhttps://www.lacopts.org/news/his-holiness-defends-coptic-position-divorce-remarriage/Source TypeWell-attestedinstitutional announcementAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2The diocese's own account of a press conference rather than the primary declaratory text itself, so held one tier below the 2003 declaration it corroborates.NotesWell-attestedCited for Coptic Orthodoxy's marriage-position detail, corroborating the 1971 restriction's continuity.CustodianCustodian SourceWell-attestedYesCustodian BodyWell-attestedCoptic Orthodox ChurchCustodian BasisWell-attestedAn official diocesan site reporting its own Pope's press conference.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithCoptic Orthodoxy, Denominations Well-attested This source names Coptic Church directly: "States marriage within the Coptic Church is a sacrament and a religious duty, not merely an administrative action, and that no divorce has been permitted within the Coptic community except in cases..."Source His Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)tier 2the holders' own accountClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 11 claims: 10 well-attested, 1 holds.Denominations, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested10SourcesHis Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)Holds1SourcesHis Holiness Defends Coptic Position on Divorce, Remarriage (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles)General References1DenominationsCoptic OrthodoxyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year