St. Mary Monastery in Jabal al-Tair, Samallout, announced that the celebration of the feast of St. Mary’s visit to the monastery will be held on May 18th. The celebration is attended by more than 2 million Egyptians from all over Egypt.

Abba John Kulta, Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt, said that the visit of Pope Francis to Egypt is an important message that Egypt is a safe country.

Family of Erini Elisha, the Coptic girl who was kidnapped two weeks ago received a horrible threat she will be forced to wear an explosion vest in a church if they don’t stop looking for her. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

The Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, said that Pope Francis is keen to build relations with Muslims around the world.

Spokesman of the Vatican denied Pope Francis will use an armored vehicle during his visit to Egypt by the end of this month. He added that the Vatican is not worried about the security of the journey.

Youth bishopric of the Coptic Orthodox Church warned its congregation against activities of "Jehovah's Witnesses" in Egypt.

The annual meeting of the Coptic priests of Canada was held for three days at the monastery of St. Mary in the Valley of Orangeville. The conference was attended by Abba Mina, Coptic Bishop of Mississauga, Vancouver, and Western Canada, and Dr. Sameh Fahmy who discussed how to develop the skills of communication and communication between the priest and his people.

After he was invited to visit Egypt by Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Abba Bartholomew I, is going to visit Egypt with Pope Francis II.

Dr. Andriya Zaki, head of the Evangelical community in Egypt, said the Coptic Church loves the homeland and works hard to support it all over the world and by all means.

Egyptian authorities announced the arrest of a member of the terrorist cell involved in church bombing on April 9th known as Palm Sunday.

The Emirati preacher, Wassim Yousef, apologized to the Copts of Egypt, condemning the bombing of two Coptic Church last week.

Dr. Khaled Montasser, Egyptian liberal writer, denounced statement of the senior scientists under the chairmanship of Dr. Ahmed Tayeb, and considered it the last nail of the coffin of a civil state in Egypt. He added that Al-Azhar considered his enemies, enemies of Islam and any criticism of Al-Azhar is a criticism of Islam!

Police in Behira seized a farm owned by Shokry Nasr and Rajab Abdu, members of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization, where weapons and bombs were made.

After 15 people from Qena were accused of involvement in the terrorist attack against Coptic churches, Awqaf Ministry has launched a campaign in mosques of Qena to reveal the reason behind such extremism.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that Easter comes this year with pain for the terrorist attacks against Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday in which dozens of innocent people were killed and injured.

50 suspects were arrested related to the two terrorist attacks against Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday. Police have also announced that admin of suspected terrorist Facebook page called Underground was arrested in Mahala.

Egyptian community in NY gathered in Union Square to commemorate the souls of the martyrs who were victims of the deadly terrorist bombing of the Alexandria and Tanta churches. The participants called for the international community to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, and announced their support to Egypt in its war against terrorism.

During his meeting with Franciscan ministers in the world on Tuesday, Pope Francis assured he will not postpone his visit to Egypt after the terrorist attacks against the Coptic Churches on Palm Sunday. The Vatican has sent delegation to prepare for the visit scheduled on April 28-29th.

Coptic student from Minya disappeared last Friday in Cairo after she left her dorm. She took a cap and the driver and plates were recorded on surveillance cameras. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Dr. Abbas Shoman, Undersecretary of Al-Azhar, said that the Church bombings are against all religions including Islam as they aim to destroy Egypt.

Bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church attended funeral of the martyrs of the bombings that targeted two churches on Palm Sunday killing more than 50 innocent people. The funeral was held in the presence of thousands of the Coptic people.