Leaders of the Coptic Churches represented in Council of Churches of Egypt will hold a meeting today at St. Bishoy’s monastery in Wadi Natrun.

President Mohammed Morsy has issued the first permission to build a church since he took office one year ago. Permission to build the Church of Sts. Paul and Peter in Behira was published today in the Official Gazette.

Dr Amna Nossair, professor of religion and philosophy at Al-Azhar University, said that the increasing extremism in the Egyptian community leads many people to atheism. Islam, however, teaches us about tolerance and coexistence, said she.

Family of the Coptic murdered Lotfy K. Hermina, and Coptic Christians of Seksaka village demonstrated in front of the morgue demanding the arrest of killers denouncing possible complicity of the police.

Funeral of the Coptic murdered man, Lotfy K. Hermina, was held in the Evangelical Church in Seksaka village under tight security.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said in his weekly sermon that he called President Mohamed Morsy to congratulate him on releasing the kidnapped soldiers.

Lotfy K. Hermina was killed for a dispute over a piece of land in Suhag, few hours after he had talked about the problem in Christian television (CTV).

Massive fire ripped through St. Mary Church in Tama, Suhag, yesterday, but the cause of the fire is still unknown.

The Evangelical Church of Egypt (Synod of the Nile) has organized a meeting with an Indonesian delegation of Muslim and Christian clergy to talk about their experience with coexistence among 240 million people and 6 major religions.

Lawyer Khaled Abu Bakr, member of the International Union of Lawyers in Paris, said that there is currently no rule of law in Egypt, and such rule should start by getting rid of the illegal Public Prosecutor of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Hamdeen Sabahi, founder of the popular trend of Egypt, said that the presidency can't see it's going in the wrong way, and is leading Egypt to hell, while the president can only see the interests of his Muslim Brotherhood group.

Mamdouh Sedky, Coptic man who lives in Shubra al-Khimah, said that a thug called Abdallah Mahmoud was arrested after he had attacked many Coptic Christians and shot others.

Journalist Yasser Abdul Aziz assured that leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood study holding an early presidential election after president Morsy had offended the MB.

Omar Amer, spokesman of the presidency, said that the president doesn’t wait for advisory opinion from anybody to attend the mass.

Luxor prosecutor has ordered the arrest of Demiana Obeid Abdel Nour, Coptic Christian teacher, on charges of proselytizing.

Waily misdemeanor court has ordered the release of 10 suspects at St. Mark's Great Cathedral attacks including 6 Muslims and 4 Christians.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that the true numbers of the Copts are kept secret by the state, and it's needed to know the real numbers.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said during his weekly sermon that he is going to visit the Vatican with a delegation of bishops on May 10, in order to congratulate the Pope of Rome.

Bishop Raphael, general secretary of the Holy Synod, said during the symposium at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science today that Coptic Christians suffer from religious discrimination that can only be treated by preaching coexistence culture.

Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, General secretary of the World Council of Churches, said during his meeting with the Coptic Evangelical Organization in Cairo that the world is watching for Egypt and its Christians.

A number of Coptic activists have launched a campaign on Facebook and Twitter to demand the U.S. Congress to do something in order to stop persecuting the Copts in Egypt.