The Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt held its biannual meeting in St. Stephen House in Maadi.

Ihab Ramzi, Coptic activist, said that extremists in Karm village, Minya governorate, stripped off an old Coptic lady after rumors about a romantic relationship between her son and a Muslim girl.

Father Rafik Grish, spokesman for the Catholic Church, described the meeting, between Pope Francis and Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar as historical meeting.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to ordain new bishops on June 11th.

A Coptic housewife has disappeared in mysterious circumstances in Minya. She got married one year ago and there are no reported arguments with her husband.

Police have taken extra security measures at Karm village, Minya governorate, in order to prevent any potential sectarian clashes between Muslims and Copts in the villages.

Family of Coptic kidnapped minor girl, Mariam Khamis, demonstrated before police station demanding the return of their daughter.

Ashraf Anis, founder of the Association for the right to life, described the acceptance of the Evangelical church to civil marriage as “good move”.

National Iraqi News Agency said that ISIS is targeting Christians in Mosul. It blew up a church and 25 homes of Christians.

Egyptian newspapers highlighted speech of Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, on Tuesday during the fourth Conference of the coordinators of media inside the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Pope Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa for the Greek Orthodox Church, ordained a new bishop to serve in Kenya.

Abba Gawargious, Bishop of Matai, inaugurated the church of the heavenly creatures in Manahra village. This came at the annual celebration of St. Abdul Masieh of Manahra village.

Naguib Sawiris, Coptic businessman, said that he has a strong feeling that the Muslim Brotherhood are behind several fires that erupted in Egypt last week.

Four Coptic children suffered from heatstroke after celebrating the holy mass inside their church that was burned last week. Therefore, they had to pray under the hot sun which made them ill.

Egyptian parliament received today the unified law of building houses of worship that will put an end to hamayouni decree.

Father Rafiq Grish, spokesman for the Catholic Church, praised the unified law of building houses of worship assuring that it will solve several problems in that account.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to travel to Austria on Sunday for medical treatment.

Thousands of Copts are visiting the monastery of St. Demiana in Dakahlia governorate amid tight security procedures.

Mariam Ghamis, 16 years old, has disappeared while she was heading to do the exam in her school.

Samalout Bishopric announced the annual schedule of Jabal al-Tair celebrations that will start on June 2 and ends on June 9.

Anba Marteros, general bishop, said that there is a difference between divorce and the dissolution of a marriage since divorce is due to committing adultery and dissolution of a marriage occurs for 10 reasons according to the new law including the discovery of mental illness or chronic physical and changing one’s religion.