Pope Francis Visit Egypt Today
Pope Francis arrives in Egypt today for a short visit in which he hopes to foster inter-religious dialogue while addressing the issue of persecution of Christians across the Middle East. The Pope...
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Pope Heads To Egypt To Mend Ties With Islam, Reassure Christians
In keeping with his inclusive approach to his role, when Pope Francis visits Egypt on Friday he will meet with the head of the most important institution in the Islamic world as well as leaders of...
Pope Francis Heads For Egypt As ‘pilgrim of Peace’
Pope Francis flies to Egypt Friday for a visit aimed at fostering reconciliation with the Muslim world against the backdrop of recent jihadist attacks on the Middle East's biggest Christian...
Mourning and Joy For Egypt’s Christians As Pope Visits
Egypt's Christians are still mourning fellow members of the Coptic Orthodox community murdered this month by jihadists, but there is also joy ahead of Pope Francis's visit this weekend. In a Cairo...
Pope To Boost Muslim Ties On Security-Tight Egypt Trip
Pope Francis heads to Egypt Friday to bolster relations with Muslims and show solidarity with the largest Christian community in the Middle East following devastating attacks. Security will be high...
Church Bombings Aim At Egypt’s Unity
The two church bombings that killed dozens in Egypt this month targeted unity among Muslims and Christians in the most populous Arab nation, Coptic Pope Tawadros II said Tuesday. Suicide bombers from...
Gory Images As ISIS Bombs Churches On Palm Sunday
The Egypt bomb blasts occurred on Palm Sunday; a Christian feast commemorating the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem… Two bomb blasts struck two Coptic Churches in Egypt, killing at least...
Christians Mark Easter At Jerusalem Site of Jesus’s Resurrection
Thousands of Christians marked Jesus's resurrection on Easter Sunday at the Jerusalem site where they believe the miracle occurred, with some prostrating themselves over his tomb and leaving in...
Security Tight As Egypt Copts Hold Easter Mass
Egyptian Coptic Christians observed Easter Mass under tight security on Saturday with the ancient minority still reeling from twin church bombings that killed dozens just days before. In Saint Mark's...
Egypt Copts Ready For Easter Mass Despite Attacks
Egyptian Copts will celebrate Easter mass on Saturday, marking one of Christianity's most joyous occasions just days after the deadliest attacks in living memory against the country's religious...
Egypt Copts Mark Solemn Good Friday
Egyptian Copts observed a solemn Good Friday with prayers and fasting, as the community reeled from two church bombings that killed dozens on Palm Sunday. The government had declared a state of...
Egypt Copts Mark Solemn Good Friday
Egyptian Copts observed a solemn Good Friday with prayers and fasting, as the community reeled from two church bombings that killed dozens on Palm Sunday. The government had declared a state of...
Egypt Says Alexandria Church Suicide Bomber Identified
Egypt's interior ministry said on Wednesday it had identified the suicide bomber behind a deadly attack at the weekend outside a church in the coastal city of Alexandria. The ministry said Mahmud...
After Egypt Church Bombings, Copts Complain of Extremists
For years, Egyptian Copt Michel Fahmy could hear a Muslim preacher invoking God's wrath on Christians in sermons blared over loudspeakers from a mosque near his home. The radical message, he says, is...
Egypt Church Curtails Easter Celebrations After Bombings
Egypt's Coptic Church announced on Wednesday that it would cut back Easter celebrations to a simple mass after twin bombings killed 45 worshippers last weekend. "Given the current circumstances and...
Egypt Parliament Approves State of Emergency
Egypt's parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved a three-month state of emergency declared by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after deadly church bombings, state-run Nile News television reported....
Egypt Buries Bomb Victims
Mourners crowded into a monastery for the ceremony Funerals have been held in Egypt for victims of Sunday's suicide bombing outside a cathedral in Alexandria. Mourners crowded into a monastery for...
Egypt Police Kill 7 Suspected IS Followers
Egypt security forces have killed seven suspected Islamic State group sympathisers thought to be planning attacks against Coptic Christians, the interior ministry said Monday, a day after deadly twin...
Egypt Under Emergency Rule After Church Attacks
Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptian Christians killed in jihadist bombings just a week before Easter, after Cairo declared a state of emergency following the attacks on two churches. The...
Pope Still Plans Egypt Visit Despite Bombings
Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned this month despite the weekend bombings of two Coptic Christian churches that killed 44 people, a Vatican official said. "There is no doubt the Holy Father...