EGYPT – Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important day on the religion’s calendar. The Islamic State group has claimed the ...

The Egyptian government has issued an executive order legalizing 191 churches and affiliated service buildings belonging to different Christian denominations, bringing the total number of places of ...

Long before Islam arrived in Egypt, before the rise and fall of empires, before modern nations even existed, one Christian ...

CAIRO — Bombs tore through two Egyptian churches in different cities as worshippers were marking Palm Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding around 100 in an assault claimed by the Islamic ...

A view of Old Cairo with a mosque minaret and the Great Pyramids following the government instructions as Egypt ramps up its efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cairo A ...

Coptic Orthodox congregations in Houston have joined churches worldwide in canceling today’s Christmas services as a way to mourn the victims of a suicide bombing at a church in Egypt last week and to ...

A fire ripped through a packed Coptic Orthodox church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, quickly filling it with thick black smoke and killing 41 worshippers, including at least 15 ...

The Egyptian government has granted legal status to 191 churches and affiliated Christian service buildings, in a move ...

CAIRO, March 21 (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday ordered all its churches to shut their doors and suspend masses for two weeks over coronavirus fears, it said in a statement.