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Egypt Churches Suspend Activities For Security Reasons

Egypt's Coptic and Evangelical Churches have suspended some of their activities for security reasons after a spate of...

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Cold-Blooded Desert Massacre Leaves Egypt’s Copts In Shock

The masked gunmen first ordered the Christians travelling to the Egyptian desert monastery to get down from the buses...

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IS Claims Deadly Attack On Egypt Christians

The Islamic State group on Saturday claimed responsibility for shooting dead 29 Christians on a bus in central Egypt,...

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Egypt Hits ‘jihadist Camps’ After Attack On Coptic Christians

The funeral of some victims killed in the attack took place later in the day (EPA) Egyptian forces have struck...

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Tears and Anger As Egyptian Copts Bury Attack Victims

Mourners sang, women sobbed and men cried out in anger in a packed Egyptian church at the funeral of some of the 28...

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‘Bloodletting of Christians Must End’

President Donald Trump on Friday decried an attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt that left at least 28 dead, calling on...

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Major Attacks On Mideast Christians

Friday's attack on a bus carrying Egyptian Copts, which killed at least 28 people, was the latest in a wave of...

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26 Killed In Fresh Attack On Egypt Christians

Masked gunmen attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians on a visit to a monastery south of the Egyptian capital on...

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Egypt’s Targeted Christian Copts

Egypt's Copts, targeted by gunmen Friday as they travelled in a bus to a monastery south of Cairo, are the Middle...

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Egypt Coptic Christians Killed In Bus Attack

Gunmen have attacked a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt, killing at least 23 people and wounding 25...

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Attack On Egypt Christians Kills 24

Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Egyptian Christians south of the capital on Friday, killing at least 24 people, state...

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Egypt Refers 48 To Court Over Coptic Church Bombings

Egypt’s public prosecutor says 48 suspected members of so-called Islamic State (IS) have been referred to a military...

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Egypt Cleric Suspended, Faces Trial For Non-Muslim Remarks

An Egyptian Muslim cleric has been barred from preaching and is set to appear before a court for saying Christians and...

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Pope In Egypt Rejects Fanaticism, Urges Charity

Pope Francis rejected fanaticism and appealed for charity on Saturday as he addressed thousands of faithful during a...

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Pope Lifts Spirits of Egypt’s Persecuted Christians

For a minority devastated by a series of church bombings that killed dozens of Christians, it was a chance for a rare...

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Pope Francis Leads Mass For Thousands of Egyptian Catholics

Pope Francis led a jubilant mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics on Saturday during a visit to support the...

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Pope Francis Set To Pray With Egypt’s Christians

Pope Francis is set to lead a mass for Egypt's small Catholic community on Saturday as he visits the country in support...

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Pope and Egypt’s Coptic Patriarch Pray At IS-Bombed Church

In a Cairo church bombed by the Islamic State group just months ago, Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox patriarch sat...

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Pope Francis Visits Egypt To Promote ‘unity and Fraternity’

Pope Francis began a visit to Egypt on Friday to promote "unity and fraternity" among Muslims and the embattled...