Cardinal of Austria Christophe Schonbrunn arrived to Minya to visit families of the martyrs of Libya.

Father Ayyoub Yousef, priest of St. George Catholic Church in Delga village in Minya demanded the renewal of the mosque in the village due to the bad condition of the building..

A terrorist was arrested in Minya governorate on charges of attacking a church in Delga village, MInya. The terrorist is currently being interrogated and matter is under investigation.

Kafr Ashraf elementary school has forced both Coptic Christen and Muslim students to wear the veil. One of the students told Copts United that she was forced to wear the veil though she doesn’t want to.

A delegation of members of the US Congress have visited Egypt for 3 days and met with a number of Egyptian officials and inspected a number of projects supported by United States Agency for international development.

The Egyptian engineer Hany Azer, member of the presidential Advisory Council of the Egyptian President, said that Egyptian economy is developing fast, and good is to come. Yet, the Egyptian young people have to wait and have patience.

The Cardinal Leonard Sandri, Special envoy of Pope Francis, inaugurated Moses’ shrine church on Mount Nebo in Amman last Sunday.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to deliver his weekly speech tomorrow at the Great Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria.

Yasser Al Borhamy, vice president of the Salafist call, attacked Dr. Jaber Nassar, president of Cairo University, after he removed religion from the university paper work.

Nasria elementary school in Zagazig imposed a veil within the school uniform. Human rights activists denounced imposing this religious uniform in the school uniform.

Abba Suriel, Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Melbourne, Australia, called the Egyptians abroad to support the economy of their country by buying Investment Certificates in Egyptian banks.

The new mayor of the city of Brighton visited the church of St. Mary and St. Abraam in the city at the end of the Sunday Mass.

Adel Aguib, head of the America Coptic association, said he is organizing the first trip to visit Egypt in Christmas.

Ministry of Awqaf organized an advocacy convoy to spread awareness against sectarian strife in Koum Loufy village in Minya.

Anba Bemin, Bishop of Nakada and Qus, said that the Coptic Church has a great role in the relations between Egypt and Ethiopia.

Dr. Gaber Nassar, President of Cairo University, decided to remove religion from university documents. He explained that the Egyptian constitution and law as well as regulation of the university don’t require differentiating between students based on religion.

Anba Tadros, Bishop of Port Said, held a conference today for Coptic priests in Australia after celebrating the holy mass in St. Mary and St. Mia in Bexley in Australia.

Father Royce George, priest of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Bahrain, said that King of Bahrain has given a land to build a Coptic Orthodox church.

The terrorist "Abdel Shafi Ahmed Mohammed Ramadan", assassin of Egyptian writer Farag Foda, said Foda was killed for being an apostate from Islam.

Copts in Canada celebrate the fifth anniversary of Maspero massacre by producing a video clip that tells their story in a song.

Syriac bishops held meeting under the chairmanship of Mar Ignatius Joseph III, Patriarch of the Syriac in Antioch, with the participation of bishops coming from different bishoprics in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jerusalem, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, the United States, Canada, Venezuela and Rome.