VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has praised the courageous witness of the 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians killed by ISIS in 2015, calling them “saints of all Christians.” In a video message for the “Day of ...

The relics of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya will be venerated in St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday evening at an ecumenical prayer service marking their first official feast day in the ...

The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs with their own feast day, in a significant new ecumenical gesture aimed at ...

The film will premiere online February 15. When 21 Coptic Christian men were martyred on a Libyan beach in 2015, their unwavering faith in the face of death became a powerful testimony of courage and ...

German novelist Mosebach (What Was Before) offers a consuming work on the history and contemporary life of Coptic Christians. After watching a video of the 2015 beheading of 21 Coptic men in Libya by ...

As a little boy in Sunday school, Bassem Al-Janoubie was fascinated by the illustrated stories about the martyrs of Egypt’s Coptic Church. "Even more than cartoon comic books, the dramatic events and ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has continued his predecessors’ serious commitment to ecumenical dialogue, but he also makes ecumenical gestures that underline that seriousness. During his formal ...

In this May 26, 2017 file photo, Coptic Christians shout slogans after the funeral service of some of the victims of a bus attack, at Abu Garnous Cathedral in Minya, Egypt. (Credit: Amr Nabil/AP.) ...

Egyptian Americans from Westchester County's Coptic community observed Easter Saturday night like many Christians: first darkness, then light. Worshipers at Virgin Mary and Saint Demiana Coptic ...