Sarah Sewall, Under Secretary of the US Department of State, said that she met with several clergy during her current visit to Egypt, and talked with them about the participation of Copts in politics.

More than 2.400 students may have to search for new school in Sydney after the federal government decided last night to cancel government subsidies to their Islamic school in Sidney. It receives more than $ 20 million from taxpayers starting from next April.

St. Mary and St. Ruice Church in Manama held a conference for Copts in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The one day conference was held in Bahrain under the title: "Fathers, do not provoke your children"

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, delivered his speech today at the Church of Archangel Michael in October 6th city.

Dozens of Copts from the province of Minya demonstrated in front of the Great Cathedral of St. Mark to demand the return of a Coptic minor girl who disappeared last week in Hassan Basha village in Minya.

Maspero Youth Union denounced the actions taken by the state against the four Coptic children of the village of Nasiriyah in Minya governorate who were accused of contempt of Islam. It started to collect signatures in solidarity with the children.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, moved Fr. Bishoy Andrawes, priest of St. Mark's Church in Washington, to another church in the United States that will be announced later.

The movement of 9-9 announced to protest in the great cathedral of St. Mark in Abbasia, on 4 March. Wahid Shenouda, founder of the movement, said that they demand conducting the General Congregation Councils and preventing bishops and priests from traveling abroad for two years.

Archimandrite Azaria of Jerusalem, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Jerusalem and Palestine, said that the new bishop of Jerusalem will be ordained on February 27 and 28. He explained that the new Bishop will be Egyptian as usual.

The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the first anniversary of the slaughter of 21 Copts by ISIS in Libya on February 15.

The fugitive terrorist Asem Abdul Maguid who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood called members and supporters of the terrorist organization to carry weapon and lead a civil war in Egypt if there is no revolution against current regime.

Arab struggle newspaper said that Egypt is currently suffering from extremism, which made the Egyptian president call for the renewal of the religious discourse.

Greek Theologian called Demetrius invited Pope Tawadros to lead a revolution in the Coptic church following the invitation of the Egyptian president to renew the religious discourse in Egypt.

Reuters news agency said that Pope Francis is going to participate in a movie for the first time. The religious movie is called "Behind the Sun" and tells the story of a family adventure to meet with Jesus Christ. In the movie, the Pope is going to deliver a speech about how and where to find Jesus Christ.

Rev. Samy Hanna, pastor of the Apostolic Church in El Bayadeya, Minya, accused the Coptic church of sectarianism after it refused to hold funeral prayers for Christian married couple who belong to the Apostolic Church.

Beni Mazar Court sentenced a Coptic teacher for 3 years in prison on charges of contempt of the Islamic religion.

A video of Egyptian writer Fatima Naaot spread on social media in which she says that Egypt is not an Arab Republic and Arabic is the language of the invaders.

His Grace Bishop Eklemandos, General Bishop of the Diocese of Ottawa, Montreal & Eastern Canada met with Mr Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal and Mr Aref Salem, Member of the Mayor's Executive Committee yesterday at City Hall. The meeting was an amicable one, where His Grace and the Mayor spoke of various subjects in a spirit of community care and civic collaboration. Present with His Grace were Father Peter Saad, Deacon Adel Boulos and Deacon Shahir Guindi.

Sectarian clashes erupted in Dir Hennis village in Minya between Muslims and Christians after 10 Coptic workers were arrested while they were building an illegal wall for the church of the village without obtaining the due permits.

Kamal Zakher, founder of the secular trend, denounced the rejection of Coptic Orthodox Church to hold funeral prayers for Christian bride and groom who were killed by gas leakage on the first day of their marriage.

Commenting on sentencing her to 3 years in prison, writer Fatima Naaot said that she is ready for prison and refuses to apologize after being sentenced on charges of contempt of Islam.