Aug. 22 marked the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, a day that was created by the United Nations five years ago to highlight the plight of ...

An Egyptian court has rejected a petition seeking to establish Easter as an official national holiday, leaving in place ...

A new report is raising fresh concerns about religious freedom in Egypt, warning that Christians and other religious ...

than ever," according to aid workers. "Security is still not where it needs to be to give people a greater sense of personal safety. Undoubtedly, there has been an increase in the tensions between ...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) – At the last Christmas service he presided over, Pope Shenouda III praised the unusual guests seated among the faithful at his Cairo cathedral: Leaders from the conservative Muslim ...

Coptics Priests and Monks purify with incense the holy cave during a procession within Al-Mahraq monastery in Assiut, Upper Egypt, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. Islamists may be on the defensive in Cairo, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

CAIRO (AP) — In the small southern Egyptian town of Azaziya, where almost all the residents are Christians, few doubt that nearly everyone who can is going to vote for Ahmed Shafiq, ousted leader ...

ASSUIT, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian security and church officials say hundreds of Coptic Christians visiting a southern monastery have protested after coming under attack by unidentified assailants who ...

Grief quickly transformed into anger on Sunday as a couple hundred Christians returned to the church in Alexandria that was bombed on New Year’s Day. During the morning Mass, women sobbed against one ...

Egypt imposed a three-month nationwide state of emergency Monday as President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi sought to ease public anger and take a tougher stand against Islamic extremists after suicide ...

(Reuters) - Egyptian Christians mourned their dead and berated the army on Monday after at least 25 people were killed when troops crushed a protest about an attack on a church in the worst violence ...