A 37-year-old Coptic Christian researcher and YouTuber has filed an appeal to overturn his conviction for posting online ...

A new report is raising fresh concerns about religious freedom in Egypt, warning that Christians and other religious ...

CAIRO, May 30 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court has ruled that two Coptic men have the right to remarry, contradicting the church's position and undermining its efforts to maintain its authority over the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

AL-OUR, Egypt (Reuters) - When Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi dispatched fighter jets this year against Islamic State targets in Libya in retaliation for the beheading of 21 Copts, he sent a ...

Egyptian Copts observed a solemn Good Friday with prayers and fasting, as the community reeled from two church bombings that killed dozens on Palm Sunday. The government had declared a state of ...

(The name Copt derives from the Arabic word Qubt, meaning Egyptian.) Copts now make up between 7 percent and 10 percent of the country’s population, or 7 million to 11 million people, and are an ...

(AP) There was no mention of churches torched or Christians killed, but the prayer neatly written on a tiny piece of paper and placed atop an icon of St. George in the chapel of a desert monastery ...

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s pope urged his congregants to be joyful and “not be afraid” in his Mass for Coptic Christmas, trying to reassure a community feeling anxious about the rise of Islamists to power ...

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an ...

Coptic Orthodox Christians mourn their relatives who died in clashes between Muslims and Christians in El Khusus, north of the Egyptian capital, during their funeral at the main cathedral in Cairo ...

Egyptian Copts walk past an election poster with pictures of the three candidates, Father Raphael Ava Mina, left, Anba Tawadros, center and Anba Raphael, right following the papal election ceremony at ...