An organisation that defends the rights of Coptic Christians in Egypt has called upon the international community to protect ...

CAIRO - Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian Church named a new pope on Sunday to spiritually guide the community through a time when many fear for their future with the rise of Islamists to power and ...

CAIRO, May 30 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court has ruled that two Coptic men have the right to remarry, contradicting the church's position and undermining its efforts to maintain its authority over the ...

Fadel Iskander, a leader in Tulsa’s only Coptic Christian community, got a surprise visit a couple weeks ago from the FBI and the Bixby police. “They asked if we needed any additional patrols,” said ...

MAR GIRGIS MONASTERY, Egypt (AP) – There was no mention of churches torched or Christians killed, but the prayer neatly written on a tiny piece of paper and placed atop an icon of St. George in the ...

ODAYSSAT, Egypt -- Christians called the flat-top mud and brick building in this little farming community a guest house. But inside, big crucifixes adorned an altar chamber separated from two dozen ...

DETROIT -- Egyptian Christians living in the U.S. said Monday that they are horrified by violence that has erupted against Copts back home, including a deadly assault on those trying to stage a ...

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s general prosecutor issued arrest warrants Tuesday for seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor and referred them to trial on charges linked to an ...

Tulsa-area Coptic Christians, shocked by the deaths of some two dozen of their fellow Copts in Egyptian violence over the weekend, will hold a special service Wednesday to remember the slain and pray ...

(AP) Egypt’s government and religious leaders on Monday condemned an attack outside a Coptic church in Cairo that killed four people, including an 8-year-old girl, the latest in a rising wave of ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Christians complained of discrimination under Hosni Mubarak but fear it may get worse if an Islamist takes his place in next week's presidential election.