Coptic Orthodox congregations in Houston have joined churches worldwide in canceling today’s Christmas services as a way to mourn the victims of a suicide bombing at a church in Egypt last week and to ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Coptic church blasted authorities Monday for allowing repeated attacks on Christians with impunity as the death toll from a night of rioting rose to 26, most of them Christians ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police ...

A fire tore through a Coptic church outside Cairo early Sunday, authorities said. At least 41 people were killed and 14 were injured. Photo: Mohamed Salah/Associated Press CAIRO—At least 41 people ...

The rule of Egypt’s former leader Hosni Mubarak, who died in February at age 91, will be remembered by many for its repressive tactics and the unprecedented Arab Spring protests that led to the ...

What was yesterday’s clash about? Fighting broke out Tuesday when Cairo’s Copts gathered in a Cairo suburb to protest the burning of a Coptic church last week. Several Copts and Muslims were killed in ...

Visitors to St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Maryland in Cooksville this weekend can experience a Mediterranean market, purchase Egyptian souvenirs, and try out Mediterranean cuisine while ...

The word from the Cairo street: Christians and Muslims are protesting side by side, and no attacks have been aimed at churches yet. A protester shouts during a demonstration in Cairo Jan. 30.

CAIRO, Egypt — A Coptic Orthodox Christian was killed by ISIS affiliates in Egypt earlier this week, five months after being kidnapped. In a video, 62-year-old Nabil Habashy Salama can be seen being ...

Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88. The state news ...