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.

In his weekly sermon, Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, said that the recent attacks against the Christians have been so sad and painful for the church as well as the congregation.

"Copts and the rule of law" conference, held in Journalists' Syndicate, has announced that the regime is responsible for the attacks on the Copts in Khosous as well as the Great Cathedral.

Nadya Henry, member of the Shura Council, told Copts United that Pope Tawadros II said during his meeting with members of the Shura Council that attacking the Great Cathedral of St. Mark is but a serious insult for Islam and the majority of moderate Muslims in Egypt.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, met today with families of Khosous martyrs in the Great Cathedral of St. Mark.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, has paid a sudden visit for those who were injured during the attacks against the St. Mark Great Cathedral.

Mrs. Rajaa, wife of Emad Seddik, one of the detained Copts in Libya on charges of preaching Christianity, told Copts United that Libyan authorities have released the detained Copts including her husband.

Pope Tawadros II, said that the situation in St. Mark Cathedral has exceeded all red lines, especially with the negligence and failure of the police, which stained Egypt's reputation all over the world.

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the Constitution Party, said during “Saving Egypt” conference: “I'm sorry for the Copts of Egypt for what happened in Khosous and St. Mark Cathedral”.

Council of Egyptian Churches expressed deep sorrow for the bloody attacks against the Copts in Khosous that caused many deaths and injuries, as well as the bloody attack against the great Cathedral in Abbassya, which is an important Christian symbol in the Middle East and all over the world.

Abba Pachomius, Bishop of Behira and former acting Patriarch, said that the great Cathedral of St. Mark is attacked for the first time in history.

Abba Rafael, General Secretary of the Holy Synod, said that the Coptic Church has lost 8 of its children in the bloody attacks against the Coptic Christians in Khosous.

Many thugs, headed by Ahmed Nagar and supported by a Salafist Sheikh, have been attacking the Coptic Christians in Hadra, Alexandria, after a Christian man was accused of “having a romantic relationship with a Muslim lady”.

Father Paula, priest of St. Paul church in Shubra al-Khaimah, told Copts United that 4 masked men have kidnapped thirteen year old Abanoub Ashraf, in front of the church during the Sunday Mass under gun threat.