Turmoil in Egypt has led to one of the worst persecutions of the country's Coptic Christians in their ... but they have one thing in common with the Roman Catholics: they elect a pope.

Some two thousand years later, Egypt's Coptic ... But the Coptic Orthodox Church split from other Christians in 451 A.D. over a dispute about the nature of Christ. Unlike Roman Catholics, they ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

CAIRO – Egypt's Coptic ... But the Coptic Orthodox Church split from other Christians in 451 A.D. over a dispute about the nature of Christ. Unlike Roman Catholics, they do not believe in ...

The Coptic calendar and language should be kept so we don’t dissolve into the western church.” Roman Catholicism is a comparative latecomer to Egypt, arriving in the 19th century, when Italian ...

The Egyptian language evolved for thousands of years, but its final form—Coptic—continues to hold cultural and religious significance today. This video explores how Coptic developed from ...

a Bible Society headquarters and Christian schools - Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Coptic - were attacked in Cairo, Upper Egypt, Sinai and the Suez, during a 48-hour period. State Department ...