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Catholic, Coptic Orthodox popes offer joint Vatican blessing
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from...
Vatican formally recognizes 21 Coptic Orthodox killed in Libya as martyrs, gives them feast day
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic...
3 Egyptian Coptic church monks are killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThree Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were fatally stabbed in an attack at a...
Safety concerns after deadly fire rips through Egypt church
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEgypt was in mourning Monday over a blaze at a Coptic Orthodox church that killed 41 people, but...
Russian Orthodox head appeals against eviction of church from Kyiv
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKyiv on Friday ordered the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to leave a monastery complex where it is...
Pope Francis recognises 21 Copts beheaded by Islamic State as martyrs
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPope Francis on Thursday announced that 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by Islamic State in...
Fire at Cairo Coptic church kills 41, including 15 children
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeveral trapped congregants jumped from upper floors of the Martyr Abu Sefein church to try to...
Rare day at Vatican as two popes share stage
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was a rare day at the Vatican on Wednesday as two popes shared the limelight in St Peter's Square - Pope Francis and His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of...
Why 250 Million People Celebrate Christmas in January
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCelebration of Russian Orthodox Christmas in Moscow as extreme cold weather sets in. Credit - Getty...
Family struck by grief after it loses 6 in Egypt church fire
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor Mariam Habeib, the grief seems never ending: She lost her older sister, two nieces and a niece's...