A Christmas service at a church in Al-Kosheh, Egypt, on Jan. 6, 2016. The Coptic Christian town's churches are adorned with icons of the holy family and images of saints most beloved in Coptic ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II for the occasion of the Day of Coptic-Catholic Friendship and ...

The structure, history and practices of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the main Christian Church in Egypt and one of the oldest churches outside the Holy Land. The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main ...

CAIRO — Pope Francis closed his first day in Egypt with a visit to Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawardos II, telling him their two Churches are bonded by the blood of their martyrs and are called to ...

Pope Francis and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II, led the general audience at the Vatican on Wednesday. In a change from the usual pattern of Pope Francis’ ...

Pope Francis tells Pope Tawadros II that the inscription of the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians in what is known as the Roman Martyrology, or calendar of saints, was 'a sign of the spiritual communion ...

Minya (Agenzia Fides) - The next visit of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II to Pope Francis, scheduled for Saturday, May 11, "could have important and positive results. I also hope that we can ...

It was a special day yesterday for the Coptic Orthodox Ethiopians and Eritreans living in Malta who unite in prayer every Sunday even as their governments continue to fight over a disputed border. The ...

Abounah Abraam Georgy is seen in the smaller church at St. Mina's, a campus that includes, among other things, a bread-making facility for the parish's Communion. St. Mina's Coptic Orthodox Church in ...

Many churches are quieter in the daytime during the summer. St. Mina’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Route 34 in Holmdel, however, is a beehive of activity. I arrived on the first day of the six-week ...

Young Lebanese-Maronites in Sydney’s west jump over queues to get to confession. The line to communion at Egyptian-Coptic youth conventions stretches out and back into the street. ‘I went to an ...

Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) - The Coptic Catholic community in Kuwait, which belongs to the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia, has over 5,000 members. "Our community has more than a hundred ...