Abba Agathon, Bishop of Magagha, declared his rejection of new agreement between Coptic and Catholic Churches. Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, had said that he has not signed an official agreement that they would not hold baptisms for members of one church wishing to join the other. Pope explained that it was only a statement.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that he has not signed an official agreement that they would not hold baptisms for members of one church wishing to join the other. Pope explained that it was only a statement.

Sister Maria Ramsis, an Egyptian nun in Palestine, said there was an attempt to attack the Coptic monastery in Jerusalem and seize part of it. Maria added that one of the neighbors wanted to seize part of the monastery claiming he owns it and assaulted the nun and the driver of the monastery.

Sources in Egyptian police said today that important information that will lead to the perpetrators of church bombings very soon were received by police. Police have raised the reward of information that helps in arresting the terrorists responsible for the terrorist attack against Coptic Churches last month to 500.000 LE.

The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi received on Monday Bishop Atallah Hanna, Archbishop of Jerusalem during his official visit to the UAE. They discussed a number of issues of common interest, especially the consolidation of the principles of tolerance, love and peace among the peoples of the region and the rejection of violence, extremism and terrorism.

56 young ministers participated in the conference organized by Holy Bible School in Minya under the Patronage of Bishops Arsanius and Makarios. The conference was held last Tuesday at the Romanian House at Nazlet Roman.

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.