Pope Francis and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II pose for a photo with Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, and the delegation that accompanied Pope Tawadros to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – June 1 marks Global Coptic Day, a worldwide celebration of the rich history and enduring faith of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The day commemorates the Holy Family’s biblical ...

Community filmmaker Tom Gadelrab shares a weekend in his Egyptian Christian Coptic faith. In this community filmmaker video from Making Buffalo Home, Tom Gadelrab from Lockport, NY talks about how ...

The Rev. Bishoy Andrawes knows well Egypt’s need for democratic reforms. The 41-year-old senior priest at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Washington, grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, where Copts face ...

The relics of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya will be venerated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening at an ecumenical prayer service marking their first official feast day in the ...

There was no escape from the dust in Cairo. That was especially true in Manshiyat Nasser, known to visitors as Cairo’s “Garbage City.” Passing through the narrow streets, the stench was almost ...

Each time Pope Shenouda, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, enters a church sanctuary, bishops and priests shield him from the throng reaching out to touch him for a blessing. The ...

Oct. 18—Along with Halloween fun, October is proving to be a good month for Bakersfield to learn more about different churches and cultures. After last week's Bakersfield Greek Food Festival, ...

After one trip into Libya as a migrant worker, Tawadros Youssef Tawadros reported that he had been warned that his Christian name -- "Theodore," in English -- might anger Muslim radicals. His widow, ...

Many churches are quieter in the daytime during the summer. St. Mina’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Route 34 in Holmdel, however, is a beehive of activity. I arrived on the first day of the six-week ...

Cairo: Awarding the Arabic Booker Prize to the controversial novel Azazel (Beelzebub) is bound to promote bias against Christianity, according to a Coptic cleric. "Those responsible for this prize ...