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Gunmen kill Coptic Christian in Egypt’s Sinai, officials say
- Jan 14, 2018
Egyptian security officials say gunmen have shot dead a Christian man in the turbulent north of the Sinai Peninsula, the latest attack to target members of the country’s Christian minority.
Jesuit says militants want to build “imaginary country” on “Egyptian blood”
- Jan 9, 2018
A leading Egyptian Jesuit says fundamentalists want to cause conflicts among Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Egypt tightens security ahead of Coptic Christmas
- Jan 6, 2018
Tens of thousands of soldiers and police were deployed across Egypt Saturday to beef up security for minority Christians and their churches on the eve of Orthodox Christmas.
Bishop Bambera urges prayers for peace after attack on Coptic Christians
- Jan 2, 2018
In the wake of a gunman’s attack on a Coptic Orthodox church and a Christian-owned shop near Cairo Dec. 29, killing at least nine people, a U.S. bishop urged Catholics to “pray for peace in Egypt and the Middle East and for all victims of religious and political hatred.”
Pope prays to ‘convert hearts’ of terrorists who struck Egypt’s Christians
- Dec 31, 2017
In his final Angelus address of 2017, Pope Francis expressed “closeness” to Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt recently struck by attacks, asking God to “convert the hearts” of those who carry out such violence.
Egypt says at least 11 killed in attacks on Christian church, business
- Dec 29, 2017
At least 10 people, including eight Coptic Christians, were killed after unidentified gunmen opened fire outside a church in a south Cairo suburb.
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