Shenouda III of Alexandria, the Pope of the Coptic Christian Church in Egypt, has banned priests from taking confessions over the telephone, saying that the practice isn’t worth the risk of being wiretapped by the government.
“Confessions over the telephone are forbidden, because there is a chance the telephones are monitored and the confessions will reach state security,” Shenuda III was quoted as saying.
The Coptic Pope has also banned monks from using mobile phones while inside monasteries, noting that “the monk is supposed to be secluded from the world, but the mobile phone brings the world to him.” He exempted religious administrators from the rule, however, for calls regarding business of the monastery.
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