CAIRO (AP) – The new pope of Egypt’s Orthodox Coptic church was enthroned on Sunday in an elaborate ceremony lasting nearly four hours, attended by the nation’s Muslim prime minister and a host of ...

An “Ecumenical Affirmation,” published Oct. 28, said Christ’s call to unity remained “as urgent as ever,” in a world where ...

Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria presided on Saturday over a ceremony marking 100 years since the establishment and inauguration of Saint Mary Church in Cairo’s ...

The spiritual leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church underwent an hour-long surgery Thursday at the Cleveland Clinic to repair a broken leg. Pope Shenouda III, 84, will most likely spend a week in ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who heads the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), met with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church to discuss a rift caused by the recent Vatican ...

CAIRO — Egypt's Coptic Christian pope delivered an unprecedented direct criticism of the Islamist president Tuesday after a mob attack on the church's main cathedral, saying he had failed to protect ...

Egypt's Coptic pope should arrive at The Cleveland Clinic on Wednesday for surgery on a broken thigh, according to Pope Shenouda III, 84, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, fell in his bedroom ...

Pallbearers struggle to carry the coffin of Coptic Pope Shenuda III out of Saint Mark's cathedral during his funeral service in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district on March 20, 2012 before heading to the ...

It would be unfair and inaccurate to say that Egypt’s Muslim-Christian problems started with the January 2011 revolution. After all, Coptic Christian churches in Egypt were hit in two separate deadly ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called on political and religious authorities on Sunday to prevent violence against Christians, in an apparent reference to ...