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5 days ago · By Courtney Mares. Rome Newsroom, Feb 15, 2024 / 09:03 am (CNA). 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 Catholic Church.
3 days ago · Coptic narratives provide a fascinating reflection on the cultural status of Christians in Egypt, the persistent inequalities in parts of the nation, and the church's influential role in shaping ...
3 days ago · After recording one particularly egregious bout in which countless Christians were slaughtered, enslaved, and raped, and some 30,000 churches in Egypt and Syria were destroyed — a staggering number that further indicates how Christian the Near East was before Islam — the pious Muslim historian makes clear why Christians converted: “Under ...
3 days ago · What You'll Learn. History and Origins of Coptic Christian Faith. The Coptic Christian faith is one of the oldest Christian traditions in the world, with its roots dating back to the early 1st century AD in Egypt. The word "Coptic" comes from the ancient Egyptian language and means "Egyptian."
4 days ago · 5/15/2024 DRC — At about 8 p.m. on Monday, May 13, members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) carried out a brutal attack in Ndimo village, Ituri province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Islamic extremist group killed 11 Christians, kidnapped several others, and set houses on fire.
5 days ago · The term Coptic remains exclusive however to the Egyptian natives, as opposed to the Christians of non-Egyptian origins. Some Protestant churches for instance are called " Coptic Evangelical Church ", thus helping differentiate their native Egyptian congregations from churches attended by non-Egyptian immigrant communities such as Europeans or ...
5 days ago · The small northern Iraqi city of Qaraqosh, with a population of 60,000, 99% of whom are Catholic, woke up nine years ago on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, to the sound of indiscriminate mortar shells that fell on houses. Three people were killed: 32-year-old Inaam Ishua Boulis, 5-year-old David Adeeb Elias Shmeis, and 9-year-old Milad ...
