After the conclusion of the Catholic Jubilee of Youth in Rome, which saw a strong presence of Middle Eastern Christians including a delegation from Egypt, the city of Alexandria has launched its own ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed two churches in Egypt that are over 1,500 years old, offering rare evidence of Christianity’s rise in the country's Western Desert. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism ...

Church projects that had been halted in Egypt when the northern African nation was dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood are being resumed as Christians in the country begin to enjoy some measure of ...

Ancient Egyptian artefacts hidden high away in a monastery in the Tuscan hills of Italy. From mummies, sacred texts, links to ...

On Aug. 14, a wave of anti-Christian violence swept through Egypt, resulting in at least five deaths and the destruction of more than 30 churches. The Associated Press recorded an eyewitness account ...

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In a surprise move, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, known as the pre-eminent institute of Islamic learning in the Sunni Muslim world, announced Jan. 20 it was suspending dialogue with the Vatican ...

(Reuters) - Violent clashes in Cairo that killed at least 25 people have fueled Coptic Christian fears that the Egyptian state that used to shield religious minorities from radical Islamists can now ...