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Transportation for the Prison Chaplaincy in Egypt
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Again and again, we hear from prison chaplains just how important it is to accompany not only prisoners but their families also. Not infrequently, offenders ...
Renovation of a Coptic Catholic Seminary in Egypt
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In Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, 28 young men are currently training for the priesthood at Egypt’s one and only Coptic Catholic seminary. They come ...
Egypt: “We’ve seen real progress”
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His Beatitude Ibrahim Sidrak, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, heads the small Coptic Catholic Church, which has about 300,000 members. In an interview with ...
Plans to build more churches in Egypt as religious freedom returns
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A decrease in the influence of Islamist extremism in Egypt has made it possible for Christians to rebuild damaged churches and even consider building new ...
Egyptian martyrs bring Orthodox, Catholics closer together
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The Sirte Martyrs will be celebrated on February 15, the date of their deaths, on both calendars, making them the first saints to be honored ...
A pillar of the Church in Egypt dies
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Bishop Kyrillos oversaw the largest Coptic Catholic diocese in Egypt for 31 years, and during that period he became renowned for his efforts to strengthen ...
Assault on Coptic Christian woman in Egypt goes unpunished
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“The sheriff called both the mayor of our village and the pharmacist. He confessed he slapped me in the face. However, he lied, claiming he ...
Egyptians love their soccer team, but Christians feel left out
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Among Copts, stories abound of young boys who were turned away from big clubs at trials when it was revealed that they were Christians, either ...
Violence against Christian women Part of the war on religious minorities
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"We were able to document that mothers and their children are a growing target group. You are not only removing a single person from the ...
Christians in Egypt: much light, but lingering shadows
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"We are not asking for much and we are being realistic. Unfortunately, there are still many people who consider Christians to be second-class citizens."