Coptic Pope Shenouda III

Pope Shenouda flies to US for checkups
Egypt

Pope Shenouda flies to US for checkups

Pope Shenouda III flew to the US Saturday morning on a private aircraft owned by Coptic businessman Naguib Sawiris to…
Pope Shenouda: Alexandria church bombing ‘was not individual act’
Egypt

Pope Shenouda: Alexandria church bombing ‘was not individual act’

Coptic Pope Shenouda III on Thursday ruled out the possibility that the New Year's Eve bombing of a church in…
Year Ender: Regime-church tensions likely to intensify
Egypt

Year Ender: Regime-church tensions likely to intensify

Although attacks on Christian property and places of worship do not represent a new phenomenon in Egypt’s recent history, experts…
Egypt’s leadership vows to release all Copts before Christmas, church officials say
Egypt

Egypt’s leadership vows to release all Copts before Christmas, church officials say

Egypt's ruling political leadership has vowed to release the 84 Copts that remain in detention following 24 November clashes with…
Release ordered for 70 Copts held in Giza riots
Egypt

Release ordered for 70 Copts held in Giza riots

Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud has ordered the release of 70 Coptic Christians who were detained along with dozens of…
Church TV channel airs film attacking Jehovah Witnesses
Egypt

Church TV channel airs film attacking Jehovah Witnesses

On Saturday the official Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church satellite TV channel Aghapy showed a movie entitled “Young Foxes,” which Jehova's…
Pope Shenouda retreats to protest imprisonment of Omraneyya Copts
Egypt

Pope Shenouda retreats to protest imprisonment of Omraneyya Copts

Coptic Pope Shenouda III has decided to retreat to the Saint Bishoy Monastery in Wadi el-Natroun, said an informed source…
Coptic Church accepts Al-Ahram front page apology
Egypt

Coptic Church accepts Al-Ahram front page apology

Coptic Bishop Sergius said the Church was satisfied with Al-Ahram Editor in Chief Osama Saraya’s apology, published by the daily…
Al-Ahram commentary on Pope Shenouda riles Egypt’s Coptic Christians
Egypt

Al-Ahram commentary on Pope Shenouda riles Egypt’s Coptic Christians

Egyptian Coptic activists filed a complaint on Wednesday with the General Persecution Office accusing state-run daily Al-Ahram of defaming Pope…
Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry
Egypt

Egyptian court upholds verdict allowing divorced Copts to remarry

Egypt's Court of Administrative Justice on Tuesday upheld an earlier judicial ruling allowing Coptic Christian divorcees to remarry.
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