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Coptic Orthodox deacon pray during Easter mass, at Holy Cross Church in Cairo, Egypt, May 1, 2021. An Egyptian court Saturday, June 12, 2022, sentenced a man to die for the April stabbing death of a Coptic Christian priest in an attack that shocked the Arab World’s most populous nation. (Credit: Nariman El-Mofty/AP.)

Advocate says sentence of Egyptian Coptic scholar has created a ‘chilling effect’ on Christians

May 14
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Pope Leo giving the group of Egyptian pilgrims his blessing in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican on Aug. 8, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Aug 2, 2025
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Two popes, Roman and Coptic, meet to bolster Middle Eastern Christianity

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Catholics express sorrow, offer prayers after Orthodox church fire in Egypt

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Egypt court sentences man to death for killing Coptic priest

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