Pope Francis meets with the bishops of the Coptic Catholic Church at the Vatican, February 6, 2017. (Credit: L’Osservatore Romano.) Listen ROME — A special invitation to visit Egypt was delivered to ...

A sad fact of life for Christians in many parts of the world is that the holiest days on their calendar also tend to be peak periods in terms of exposure to lethal assaults. Terrorists who see ...

The Coptic Catholic church has welcomed a new Egyptian law to facilitate the building of Christian places of worship. On Aug. 30 Egypt passed a law codifying the rights of Christians to build and ...

This story appears in the Francis in Egypt feature series. View the full series. The crowd reacts as Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at the Air Defense Stadium in Cairo April 29. (CNS ...

Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Egypt, precedes Pope Francis as they leave the Redemptoris Mater Chapel of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 11, 2023. (OSV News) — Catholic ...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — The leader of the Coptic Catholic Church has expressed solidarity with other Egyptians over the wave of violence that has struck the country, bluntly calling the events a struggle ...

The jubilee days opened with a celebratory Mass at St. Catherine’s Cathedral in Alexandria, presided over by Bishop Lurati and marked by the reception of the relics of Blessed Carlo Acutis. The August ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade announced on Tuesday the dispatch of 65 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the Gaza ...

March 18 (UPI) --Pope Francis has planned an official visit to Egypt in April to meet with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and visit Cairo's Al Azhar mosque to meet with Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb, ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) Francis has accepted an invitation to Cairo on April 28-29 from President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Catholic bishops, the pope of the Coptic church of Alexandria and the country's ...

The festival opened on 24 April with a ceremony hosted by Lamis Salama, followed by a retrospective documentary revisiting highlights from previous editions. In his opening remarks, festival president ...