First American to head Rome's Angelicum University says task is 'daunting'
- Jun 17, 2021
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Egypt: 3 militants involved in Christian’s slaying killed
- Apr 19, 2021
Egypt police killed three suspected militants allegedly involved in the slaying of a Coptic Christian man kidnapped more than five months ago in a restive part of Sinai Peninsula, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
Police: Man hits priest, barricades self in Florida church
- Feb 22, 2021
A man struck a priest and barricaded himself inside a Florida church on Sunday before he was arrested by police, officials said.
Pope remembers Coptic Christians martyred by ISIS
- Feb 15, 2021
On the sixth anniversary of the martyrdom of the 21 Coptic men by ISIS terrorist in a Libyan beach, Pope Francis released a heartfelt video praying for them.
Egyptian court acquits men accused of abusing Coptic woman
- Dec 18, 2020
An Egyptian criminal court acquitted three Muslim men accused of stripping naked an elderly Coptic Christian woman and parading her through the streets of a village in southern Egypt in 2016, the state’s official news agency reported.
Latest attack on Coptic Christians highlights religious violence in Egypt
- Oct 16, 2020
On October 5, 2020, a mob of Islamic extremists attacked the homes of Coptic Christians in the Egyptian village of Dabous, located in the Upper Egypt region of Minya.
For Coptic Church, changes, questions after priest ouster
- Oct 7, 2020
The Coptic Church is struggling to deal with clerical sexual abuse.
COVID-19 pandemic increasing discrimination against Egypt’s Christians
- Sep 18, 2020
Persecution is the reality of life in Egypt for Christians, and it is gotten worse over the past decade, according to a leading human rights group.
Egypt high court upholds death sentence for former Coptic monk
- Jul 1, 2020
Egypt’s highest court Wednesday upheld a death sentence for a former monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo in 2018.
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