Catholic, Coptic Orthodox popes offer joint Vatican blessing
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox Pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from St. Peter’s Square in a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic meeting of their predecessors. Tawadros, the Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, joined Francis on the stage for the entirety of Francis’ […]
At least seven dead as Coptic pilgrims targeted in another bus attack in Egypt
At least seven people have been killed and 14 more been injured in another attack on a bus of Coptic Christians travelling back from a monastery in Egypt on Friday. The victims were on their way home after visiting the St Samuel the Confessor monastery in the governorate of Minya in Upper Egypt – reportedly […]