Pope Francis meets with the bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church at the Vatican, February 6, 2017. (Credit: L’Osservatore Romano.) Listen ROME — A special invitation to visit Egypt was delivered to ...

A sad fact of life for Christians in many parts of the world is that the holiest days on their calendar also tend to be peak periods in terms of exposure to lethal assaults. Terrorists who see ...

The Coptic Catholic church has welcomed a new Egyptian law to facilitate the building of Christian places of worship. On Aug. 30 Egypt passed a law codifying the rights of Christians to build and ...

This story appears in the Francis in Egypt feature series. View the full series. The crowd reacts as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at the Air Defense Stadium in Cairo April 29. (CNS ...

Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Egypt, precedes Pope Francis as they leave the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 11, 2023. (OSV News) — Catholic ...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — The leader of the Coptic Catholic Church has expressed solidarity with other Egyptians over the wave of violence that has struck the country, bluntly calling the events a struggle ...

Three Coptic Catholic bishops have said that Egypt's new constitution threatens human rights and imposes Islamic sharia law in many areas of the country. “We were waiting for a constitution that ...

March 18 (UPI) --Pope Francis has planned an official visit to Egypt in April to meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and visit Cairo's Al Azhar mosque to meet with Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb, ...

AFRICA/EGYPT – Copt Catholic Bishop Antonios Mina says: Copt Orthodox Christians will be present at the Mass celebrated by the Pope, as well as many Muslims Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations for ...

Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting announced by the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II with a qualified Egyptian delegation of the Catholic Churches - which would have also provided the ...

Egypt’s Catholic and Evangelical churches voiced concerns on Saturday over a recent government decision regulating Christian religious holidays, calling for equal treatment of all Christian ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade announced on Tuesday the dispatch of 65 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Gaza ...