ACN UK writes: Ayman Labib was just 17 when he was martyred for his faith. He had refused to cover a cross tattooed on his arm – which Coptic Christians in Egypt…
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Just three months after the ousting of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi, it appears Egyptian authorities are taking a big step toward protecting the freedom of worship for the nation’s Christian community…
Come polling day we will not forgive our leaders for their silence over Egypt’s Christians | Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith, CatholicHerald.co.uk
In the weeks and months following the wave of violence in Egypt that saw the destruction of scores of churches, Christian communities in the country continue to face persecution and the threat…
Islamists Using Attacks Against Copts in Egypt’s Power Struggle
Several church officials are drawing a relation between the Warraq church shooting and other political incidents ongoing since ouster of deposed President Mohamed Morsy, suspecting the Muslim Brotherhood could be behind the…
Vatican City (AsiaNews) – Catholic humanitarian organisations have allocated US$ 72 million to cope with the crisis in Syria and neighbouring regions, with help sent to 20 Syrian cities. Aid was also…
Cairo (AsiaNews) – The security forces charged with protecting the Christians of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Warraq were not present at the time of the Islamist attack that left…
Egyptian Copts carry one of four coffins down the aisle of the Virgin Mary Coptic Christian church in Cairo’s working class neighbourhood of Al-Warrak, on October 21, 2013, as thousands attend the…