Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Mathews III meets Pope Tawadros II in Cairo to strengthen ties and discuss key issues.

A massive fire at a Coptic Orthodox church in Egypt claimed the lives of 41 people on Sunday — a devastating blow for a Christian community long beset by persecution and hardship. Though there is no ...

The head of the Coptic Church is scheduled to offer the Orthodox Divine Liturgy in the Catholic Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on May 14. According to Father Martin Browne, an official at ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa and a suspect has been arrested, police ...

A gun attack that killed at least 26 Coptic Christians on a bus in Egypt is just the latest assault on the religious minority group, which has been a target for deadly violence throughout its history.

On a table in Nermien Riad's office is a hard, round nut, about the size of a fist. It is the fruit of the doum palm, a tree native to North Africa. The tree takes years to grow and mature, and those ...

Three monks belonging to Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church were killed in an attack on Tuesday at a monastery in South Africa. The attack occurred at the Saint Mark the Apostle and Saint Samuel the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Coptic Orthodox Church said three monks have been killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa. The church says they were killed Tuesday at the Saint Mark the ...