Greek President Karolos Papoulias has apologised to President Mohamed Morsi for recent attacks on Egyptian migrants

The bishop who administers the Coptic Catholic Church praised the new Coptic Orthodox pope as the best of the three candidates

Coptic Church spokesman Bishop Paula met with Prime Minister Hesham Qandil to invite him to attend the ordination ceremony of the new pope, Tawadros II.

Egypt's new Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, elected earlier this week, has been interviewed by several private television channels, in which he spoke frankly about a number of critical issues facing Egypt's Coptic-Christian community.

Egypt’s Salafis are branching out into business, bringing their ultraconservative teaching of Islam into the world of modern finance.

Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya criticised the Judges' Club decision to boycott the judiciaries role in supervising the constitutional plebiscite if the Constituent Assembly continues to ignore their recommendations.

Egypt is keen to strengthen its "strategic relations" with the US, and work is currently underway to prepare for the first official visit by President Mohamed Morsi to Washington

The man behind the anti-Islam video blamed for sparking deadly protests in the Muslim world was jailed in the US for a year

Thirty members of Egypt's Constituent Assembly threatened to withdraw from the constitution-drafting body Thursday morning

Egyptian Salafists have occupied and held prayers on church land and threatened to burn Coptic shops

Will there ever be truly warm relations between Israel and Egypt, and if so, what part do believers have to play in that?

The security situation and not the dominance of Islamists is what prompting Egyptian - Christians and Muslims alike - to leave the country

Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood says it will not take part in a protest to demand a greater role for Islamic law, or Shariah

Mohamed Talaat didn't like the fact Christian music was being played at a party to promote interfaith harmony in the Egyptian town of Minya south of Cairo, so together with a group of like-minded Islamist hardliners, he showed up to put a stop to it

Egypt's Copts are preparing for a protest demonstration after a group of radical Islamists allegedly entered a church land and offered prayers on it in a Christian-dominated district

Egypt's new Coptic pope said Monday the constitution now being drafted will not be acceptable if it is overtly religious

In reaction to the storming of the diocesan headquarters of the Coptic Church in Shubra Al-Kheima the Maspero Youth Union held a vigil on Wednesday

Mark VIII, the 108th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, inaugurated the cathedral in Azbakia in Cairo, which became the seat of the Coptic Pope until its transfer to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbaseya in 1971.

Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic Church said that he is confident that Pope Tawadros II, the newly elected Coptic Orthodox pope, will be “an effective partner ... in building the new Egypt in peace and harmony, serving the common good and the good of the entire Middle East.”

Ayman Mounier was the 6-year old child who picked the paper which picked the name of Pope Shenouda III during the altar lottery held in St.Mark's Coptic Cathedral in 31 October, 1971.

WADI AL-NATRUN — The new Coptic Orthodox pope said on Monday that a constitution being drafted by Egypt's politicians must be inclusive and the church would oppose any text that only addressed one part of the Muslim-majority nation.