Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II leads prayers during the Easter Eve service at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, April 15, 2017. In February, a series of murders and killings claimed by ...

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi arrived at the Christmas Mass on Tuesday evening at the Nativity of Christ Cathedral in ...

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi extended his heartfelt congratulations to Egypt’s Coptic Christians on the occasion of ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police ...

After decades of pressure to not make pilgrimages to Jerusalem, Egypt’s Coptic Christian population is now making such trips to Jerusalem at a record pace. The number of Egyptian tourists to Israel ...

At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by Islamist ...

TANTA,Egypt — At least 44 people were killed in bomb attacks on the symbolic cathedral seat of the Coptic Pope and another church on Palm Sunday, prompting anger and fear among Christians and troop ...

Egypt’s Christian minority has been present throughout the country for centuries, with many tracing their roots to original ancient inhabitants of the land. Now they are the target of a stepped-up ...

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issues an official decree declaring Wednesday, January 7, 2026, a paid public ...

The Middle East has turned hostile to Christians and other religious minorities. The Iraqi Christian community has been devastated. Syria’s civil war loosed the murderous Islamic State on Christians ...

A fire tore through a Coptic church outside Cairo early Sunday, authorities said. At least 41 people were killed and 14 were injured. Photo: Mohamed Salah/Associated Press CAIRO—At least 41 people ...

A gun attack that killed at least 26 Coptic Christians on a bus in Egypt is just the latest assault on the religious minority group, which has been a target for deadly violence throughout its history.