News & Reports

By Ecumenical News – Pope Tawadros II presides over a historic Divine Liturgy at St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, coinciding with Catholic celebrations marking the 1200th anniversary of the [...]

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) released a report on targeted sanctions: Targeted Sanctions in Response to Violations of International Religious Freedom– [...]

By  WSJ – Islamists in Mali have routed Kremlin-backed forces after confounding efforts by the West to uproot al Qaeda and its offshoots in the Sahel. Al-Qaeda-led militants bent on [...]

The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for killing dozens of Christians and torching a church in a terrorist attack in Nigeria. The attack in the country’s northeast killed at least [...]

The first court session in the State Security case against Said Mansour Rizq Abdel Razek, also known as “Said Abu Mostafa,” was held on Tuesday April 21 before the competent criminal court in [...]

In a landmark ruling reinforcing the constitutional boundaries governing religious recognition in official documents, Egypt’s Court of Cassation has rejected a lawsuit seeking to [...]

The recent papal visit to Algeria has been presented as a gesture of dialogue and openness, a return—however symbolic—to the land of Augustine of Hippo, one of the foundational figures of [...]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I met with UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Anany at the organization’s headquarters in Paris on March 30, in a visit described by church and Greek diplomatic [...]

Christian communities across Syria have canceled or significantly restricted Holy Week observances following a wave of attacks targeting Christian towns, businesses, and religious symbols, amid [...]

By Ecumenical News – Saint Catherine’s Monastery warmly received today (March, 31) Major General Dr. Ismail Mohamed Kamal Ismail, Governor of South Sinai, and his accompanying delegation, [...]