Mark Movesesian of First Things recently wrote: Last week, Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett, the chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, published an important op-ed…
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Rome, January 21, 2014 (Zenit.org) Coptic Catholic bishops in Egypt have hailed the result of the referendum on the country’s new constitution, which they say represents a crucial step toward religious freedom and other…
Motherland Lost by Samuel Tadros Stanford £14.86 Writing in the late 1960s, Aziz Atiya begins his magisterial account of the Coptic Church, in A History of Eastern Christianity with this reassuring assertion:…
Jamie Dettmer, of The Daily Beast, writes: The Vatican announced last week that Pope Francis will visit the Middle East in May, 50 years after Paul VI’s historic visit—but will any Christians…
“Every day we leave our house, not knowing what will happen,” says Girgis, an Egyptian Catholic from Helwan, a city south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, who preferred not to use…
The Maspero Youth Union has blamed the death of Coptic youth Ihab Ghattas on security forces and the Ministry of Health for falling short of their responsibilities. Ghattas, 23, was shot on…
A prominent judge in Egypt has called on the government to ensure the equitable treatment of Copts in the country. Judge Amir Ramzi has insisted Egyptian government needs to criminalize discrimination, as…
Copts in the village of Tarshoub, Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, are experiencing intimidation after extremists attacked them on Monday. Aggressors threw stones at Coptic homes, burned a tuk-tuk truck owned by a…
23 December 2013, by Orla Guerin As Coptic Christians in Egypt prepare to celebrate their Christmas on 7 January, they are still waiting for scores of churches destroyed in August to…
Egypt’s Interim President Adli Mansour has promised he would secure churches during the upcoming holidays and during the time of the referendum and elections. Mina Magdi, coordinator of the Maspero Youth Union…