While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation ... This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 ...

It was nine years ago -- February 15, 2015 -- that 20 Coptic Orthodox Christians, mostly from Egypt, and one Ghanaian Catholic, were beheaded by members of ISIS on a beach in Libya. "The 21 ...

(Photo from pixabay.com) In South Africa, a Catholic priest and three Coptic Orthodox monks have been brutally killed in two separate incidents, sparking concerns over escalating violence within ...

In particular, it marks 40 years since the Coptic Orthodox leader Pope Shenouda III and Catholic head Pope Paul VI signed the Christological agreement between their Churches at the Vatican in 1973.

Semi-autonomous region has signed multibillion-dollar agreements with US companies HKN Energy and WesternZagros to develop ...

Classical myths, major new commissions across the city, tales of folklore and reflections on queer history: EAF reveals 2025 ...

A quiet yet symbolically significant gathering took place on May 17 at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo.

A Church sui iuiris is a distinct community of faithful within a rite of the Church. For example, there are 22 eastern Churches sui iuris, made up of two Alexandrian, three Antiochene, one ...

For most people, the word "exorcism" probably conjures up images of Catholic priests—compelled by the power of Christ, wind from an unknown source blowing, candles flickering all around them ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Communities worldwide and in our region are coming together to honor and pray for Pope Leo XIV. "I was visiting a sick person and I was with the family, the television was on, but ...