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 massacres of Christians and attacks on churches in the Middle East. - January 1, 2011:...
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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 Friday, killing at least 26 people including many children, officials said. The...
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 court in connection with three bombings of Coptic churches. Thirty-one of the...
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 visit to Egypt to promote reconciliation with Muslims and support its embattled...
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 country's embattled Christian minority and promote dialogue with Muslims. Worshippers...
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 of its Christians following a series of deadly church bombings. The spiritual...
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 side by side Friday and prayed near tangible reminders of the horrific attack....
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 Christian minority that has suffered a series of jihadist attacks. The 80-year-old...
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...
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 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 Mourns Coptic Church Attack Victims
Funerals have been held in Alexandria for victims of one of the two bomb attacks on Coptic churches in Egypt by so-called Islamic State (IS). The ceremony at the Monastery of St Mina took place under...
Egypt Set For Emergency Rule After Church Attacks
Egypt prepared to impose a state of emergency Monday after jihadist bombings killed dozens at two churches in the deadliest attacks in recent memory on the country's Coptic Christian minority....