Coptic Orthodox Church

Catholic, Coptic Orthodox popes offer joint Vatican blessing

By Nicole Winfield — May 10, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tawadros, the Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, joined Francis on the stage for the entirety of Francis’ weekly general audience.

Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 15 children

By Samy Magdy — August 15, 2022
CAIRO (AP) — Witnesses said there were many children inside the four-story building, which had two day care facilities.

Coptic abbot’s murder points to strains over ecumenism in Egypt

By Mina Nader — September 7, 2018
(RNS) — Egypt's Coptic Orthodox community is reeling from the murder of the abbot of St. Macarius Monastery, apparently by traditionalists of his own faith, in a fourth-century center of meditation and scholarship near Cairo.

Egypt Muslims attack Christian woman, houses after affair rumor

By RNS staff — May 27, 2016
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslims have set fire to homes of Christians in southern Egypt and stripped a 70-year-old woman naked after rumors her Christian son had an affair with a Muslim woman, the local church and witnesses said.

Coptic bishop seeks support from evangelicals

By Adelle M. Banks — March 11, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) After the slaughter of 21 Copts on a Libyan beach, Bishop Angaelos wants the support of all Christians.

U.S. Muslims, Copts appeal to rioters to drop violence

By Omar Sacirbey — September 18, 2012

(RNS) Muslim and Coptic Christian leaders in the U.S. are pledging not to let a spate of violent protests in some 20 Islamic countries derail recent efforts to improve the sometimes troubled relations between the two communities. By Omar Sacirbey.

Bishops blast Coptic Christians behind anti-Muslim film

By Daniel Burke — September 14, 2012

RNS) The Coptic Christian bishop of Southern California blasted the Copts who made and hyped an anti-Muslim film that has sparked protests across the Muslim world. By Daniel Burke.

Coptic Christian expats keep a wary eye on Egyptian elections

By Lilly Fowler — June 18, 2012

LOS ANGELES (RNS) Abdel is an Egyptian Christian, so fearful of retribution that he asked that only his first name be used. Fellow Coptic Christians, he says, can't get jobs in Egypt, and he was jailed for nine days for handling out Christian pamphlets.  By Lilly Fowler.

Coptic Christians mourn death of Pope Shenouda III

By Tracy Gordon — March 19, 2012

(RNS/ENInews) Thousands of Egyptians are mourning the death of Pope Shenouda III, the longtime leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, who died Saturday at the age of 88.

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