Cardinal Philippe Barbour, Archbishop of Lyon heads delegation of clergy and journalists to visit Erbil in Iraq. They carry message from Pope Francis to the Iraqi people and will visit camps o the displaced people.

Father Bishoy Helmi, priest of St. Antonius Church in Shobra, said that Mina Safy, Coptic defendant accused of attacking police at Maspero was found not guilty by court. The priest commented that The LORD performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.

Ramses al-Najjar, Coptic lawyer, said that police is investigating the murder of Joseph Reda, Coptic soldier who was killed in the line of duty. The lawyer accused extremists at the camp of killing Reda for a Christian tattoo of the holy virgin Mary on his arm.

Hundreds of Egyptians demonstrated next to Manshiet Nasser police station after the killing of a Coptic man in his detention. Police claimed the man committed sluiced in police station, and the matter is currently under investigation. This comes months after another Coptic man called Magdy McCain was killed in detention by policemen.

Bishop Bakhomius, former acting Patriarch, arrived to Cairo international airport after a medical trip in London. At Heathrow Airport, a number of priests and the congregation of the Coptic Orthodox Church in London to bid him farewell.

Displaced Coptic students from Arish called on the president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to save them from death after their university ordered them to return to study at Arish University though it is still not safe for them. The decision of the university caused a state of panic among the Coptic students as they will have their lives threatened by the terrorists who killed several Christians recently in Arish.

European Court of Human Rights uphreld Belgium s ban on burqas and full-face Islamic veils. Judges said the nationwide prohibition, which came into effect in 2011, did not violate the rights to private and family life and freedom of religion, or discrimination laws.

Governor of Minya Essam Bedaiwy held a meeting with representatives of the Copts who demonstrated demanding building their church in Koum Loufy. During the meeting, he pledged to solve the crisis of the church that was shut down 5 years ago.

The military spokesman of the Libyan Armed Forces, Col. Ahmad Al-Mesmari, presented a video showing Qatars crimes against the Libyans, as a Tunisian terrorists supported by Qatar slain a Christian person in Benghazi. He added that the Libyan army had found evidence about Qatari support for terrorist groups in Benghazi, stressing that the Libyan army had found missiles sent by Qatar to terrorists in Benghazi. Al-Mismari added in a press conference that Qatar had bought weapons from Pakistan and sent them to Libya.

A Coptic minor girl called Marlin Medhat, 16 years old, has disappeared in Minya. Family of the girl has accused a Muslim family of kidnapping the girl on June 28th and took her to a village called Ezbet Abu Khalifa.

A Copts family accused a Muslim man called Ashraf Ahmed Khalifa of kidnapping their daughter Neven Nabil Bishay. The 15 years old daughter was with her mother while a car stopped by and took her away and fled.

The Egyptian Council of Churches congratulated the Egyptians on Eid al-Fitr in an official statement published by Rev Refaat Fathy, Secretary General of the Council of Churches of Egypt. On the other hand, Major General Abdel Hamid Al-Hagan, Governor of Qena, have received Bishop Kyrillos, Bishop of Nagaa Hammadi, and Anba Baiman, Bishop of Qus and Naqada, to congratulate him on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr.

9 people were arrested in Beni Hassan village that witnessed sectarian clashes because of normal disputes between neighbors that developed to sectarian attacks later. Police were reported after several people were injured and the matter is currently under investigation.

Court will tomorrow deliver the verdict in the case of Ashraf Abdu, son of the lady of Karm, whose mother was stripped of in the streets by mobs following rumors about romantic relationship with a Muslim woman.

The first trial session of Father Makri Younan will be held on September 23 after he has been accused of contempt of Islam in his reply to accusations of Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil in which he described Christianity as corrupted doctrine and Christians as infidels.

Abba Athanasius, Bishop of Beni Mazar, said that the diocese offered 8 martyrs in the recent terrorist attack. He added that he cried for the Coptic girl whose arm was cut by the terrorists to remove cross tattoo.

Since 2005, fanatics have refused to allow Copts to pray in a church in Dabout village, Mina, that was built in 2005. Inhabitants of the village exceed 2000 persons have to walk for a long distance in order to pray in the nearest church.

Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta, headed today the funeral of Rimon Youssef, the 29th Martyr of Tanta Church’s attack. Youssef died on Friday in Germany while he was receiving treatment at hospital. The funeral was attended by priests and congregation of Tanta.

Cairo Police of Dar el-Salaam is investigating the assault on a Coptic Christian 15 years old girl whose hair was forcefully cut in school by a niqab-wearing woman. The father of Lydia reported police and the matter is currently under investigation.

The Coptic diocese of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, announced that Abba Julius, Patriarchal Vicar in the churches of the Gulf, will be visiting UAE June 2 to 6th. Bishop Julius will attend the 10th anniversary of the Cathedral as well as the national unity banquet organized by the church on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.

The Copts of America announced their solidarity with Father Makary Younan who has been accused of contempt of Islam in his reply to accusations of Sheikh Salem Abdul Jalil in which he described Christianity as corrupted doctrine and Christens as infidels. Coptic well-known priest Makari Yunan may face trial soon after the Salafist preacher, Sameh Abdul Hamid, accused him of insulting Islam in his statement that Islam was spread by the sword.