
Attack on Coptic Monastery in South Africa Takes Lives of Three Monks
According to Reuters, all three victims were found with stab wounds.
According to Reuters, all three victims were found with stab wounds.
During the pandemic, Coptic Christian women and girls have reportedly been abducted and forcefully converted to Islam, and some Christian communities have experienced deprivation of resources.
'They were interrogated while blindfolded and handcuffed, with no lawyers present, while their families were denied information about their fate and whereabouts. These conditions are akin to enforced disappearances,' Amnesty International said March 30.
Bishop Epiphanius' body was found July 29, 2018, with injuries to his head and back that suggest that he had been hit by a sharp object.
Active in Cairo's Christian community, Nabil Habashy Salama used his financial resources to help build the city’s church, St. Mary.
EDITORIAL: Without any sign of fear, mourners stood united in their faith, inspired by reports that some of the victims had been shot after refusing to deny their Christian beliefs.
Pope joins other Church leaders in condemning the attack and praying for the victims.
A Dec. 11 explosion at a chapel attached to St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more.
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The Holy Father offered his Feb. 17 Mass for the repose of the souls of the 21 Egyptian Christians killed by ISIS militants, praying that people learn to reject evil temptations and choose what is good.
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