Cairo: Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church says a priest has been killed in a knife attack in a poor Cairo district, the latest deadly assault on members of the country’s Christian minority. The church says the attack took place on Thursday. The priest was identified in the media as Fr SamaanContinue Reading
Cairo: Pope Francis warned against religious fanaticism on Saturday, April 29 wrapping up a brief trip to Cairo in which he urged Muslim leaders to unite against violence by Islamist militants against the Middle East’s ancient Christian communities. Francis’s trip comes three weeks after Islamic State, also known as Isis,Continue Reading
Cairo: Egyptian police have arrested four people in the wake of the bombing that killed dozens of Christians at Cairo’s Coptic Christian cathedral last month, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll from the bombing at a chapel next to St Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo has risen toContinue Reading