Church
Panel reviewing church law to allow civil marriage
Egypt
November 15, 2014
Panel reviewing church law to allow civil marriage
A panel from the Ministry of Transitional Justice would sanction civil marriage in a draft law on Christians’ personal status,…
Church nears change of papal election, personal status by-laws
Egypt
November 10, 2014
Church nears change of papal election, personal status by-laws
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church could finally change internal familial by-laws, which currently forbid Egyptian Coptic Christians from divorcing or remarrying,…
Pope calls for Catholic-Orthodox unity
Egypt
November 9, 2014
Pope calls for Catholic-Orthodox unity
The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, called on Sunday for unity and dialogue between eastern Orthodox…
More than 50 dead in Nigeria Boko Haram attack on churches
World
June 30, 2014
More than 50 dead in Nigeria Boko Haram attack on churches
More than 50 people were killed in the latest attack blamed on Boko Haram which targeted churches in Nigeria's embattled…
Court to review ‘October terrorist cell’ trial today
Egypt
June 12, 2014
Court to review ‘October terrorist cell’ trial today
Giza Criminal Court will start on Thursday trial of seven terrorists affiliated to Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group over accusations of…
Bomb next to 6 October church defused
Egypt
April 22, 2014
Bomb next to 6 October church defused
Giza explosives experts defused on Monday a bomb that was planted next to church in the tenth district in 6…
Church expects Sisi and Sabahi to attend Resurrection Mass
Egypt
April 15, 2014
Church expects Sisi and Sabahi to attend Resurrection Mass
A source at the Orthodox Church said on Tuesday that presidential candidates Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabbahi are expected…
Church evacuated amid bomb threat
Egypt
April 13, 2014
Church evacuated amid bomb threat
On Sunday afternoon, Giza police evacuated the Virgin Mary Church in Al-Saff district after they found an improvised explosive device. A…
Suspect arrested for attacking church, injuring three worshippers
Egypt
April 5, 2014
Suspect arrested for attacking church, injuring three worshippers
Cairo security services arrested suspect, who allegedly was mentally ill, on Saturday in Mansheyyet Nasser, as investigations and eyewitnesses say he…
Gunman kills two in church off Russia’s eastern coast
World
February 9, 2014
Gunman kills two in church off Russia’s eastern coast
A gunman opened fire on Sunday in a Russian Orthodox cathedral on the island of Sakhalin, off Russia's eastern coast,…