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Autopsy on Egyptian monk shows signs of poisoning
- Sep 27, 2018
An autopsy on a Coptic Orthodox monk who had until recently belonged to a monastery northwest of Cairo where the abbot was killed showed clear signs of poisoning, Egyptian security and medical officials said on Thursday.
Egyptian monk found dead in desert monastery
- Sep 26, 2018
Egypt’s Coptic church said Wednesday that prosecutors are investigating the death of a monk who had until recently served in a monastery northwest of Cairo where the abbot was killed in July.
Coptic diocese says group attacked Christian homes in Egypt
- Sep 1, 2018
A group of Muslims attacked several Christian homes in a village in Upper Egypt, injuring three people, officials with a Coptic Christian diocese said on Friday.
Egypt prosecutors order ex-monk detained over abbot death
- Aug 12, 2018
Prosecutors on Saturday ordered a recently defrocked monk to be detained for four days pending an investigation into his alleged involvement in the death of the abbot of a prominent monastery in the desert northwest of Cairo.
Pope condemns ‘complicit silence’ in suffering of Middle East Christians
- Jul 7, 2018
“Indifference kills,” Pope Francis said during an ecumenical prayer for peace in the Middle East with 19 religious leaders in the Italian town of Bari.
Coptic Christians beheaded in Libya returned to Egypt for burial
- May 16, 2018
After the bodies of 20 Coptic Christians killed by the Islamic State in Libya were returned to Egypt, the head of the Coptic church in Great Britain said their deaths “provided an opportunity for a deep and genuine unity among the Christian church worldwide.”
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