A new shrine is being constructed for father Fanous at St. Paul monastery in the Red See governorate. The shrine will be opened before the visitors on May 27th.

Pope Tawadros II, presided over the fourth media Conference of Logos Center at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadil Natoun.

Abba Theodosios, bishop of Giza, said during his speech in the Arab League that religious institutions has to support accepting the other and tolerance

Abba Gawargious, Bishop of Matai, inaugurated the church of the heavenly creatures in Manahra village. This came at the annual celebration of St. Abdul Masieh of Manahra village.

Peace Charity Hospital of Beni Suef Bishopric appointed dr. Tarik Safwat, as manager of the hospital. He was a leading member of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Naguib Sawiris, Coptic businessman, said that he has a strong feeling that the Muslim Brotherhood are behind several fires that erupted in Egypt last week.

Four Coptic children suffered from heatstroke after celebrating the holy mass inside their church that was burned last week. Therefore, they had to pray under the hot sun which made them ill.

Egyptian parliament received today the unified law of building houses of worship that will put an end to hamayouni decree.

Father Rafiq Grish, spokesman for the Catholic Church, praised the unified law of building houses of worship assuring that it will solve several problems in that account.

Abba Pachomius, former acting patriarch and bishop of Behira, celebrated the feast of St. Athanasius in London, and delivered a sermon about the role of the great saint to save the Christian faith.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark See, is going to travel to Austria on Sunday for medical treatment.

Thousands of Copts are visiting the monastery of St. Demiana in Dakahlia governorate amid tight security procedures.

Mariam Ghamis, 16 years old, has disappeared while she was heading to do the exam in her school.

A number of residents of the Luxor district of Tiba have set two police cars on fire and hurled stones at the officers, apparently in response to the arrest of two men riding a motorbike without license plates, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

Hundreds of migrants were brought to Italy on Friday having been rescued from the sea over the past day, however the majority were not Syrian, as previously reported, but came from a variety of countries, officials said.

Member of Parliament Fouad Badrawy has called on Prime Minister Sherif Ismail to supply the missing information on the “multiple fires” seen in Cairo in recent days, adding fuel to speculation that arsonists have been at work in Cairo and elsewhere, perhaps with a view to destabilizing the nation.

More than 150 people were sentenced to between two and five years in prison on Saturday over their participation in protests against an Egyptian-Saudi Red Sea maritime border demarcation deal last month.

Samalout Bishopric announced the annual schedule of Jabal al-Tair celebrations that will start on June 2 and ends on June 9.

Anba Marteros, general bishop, said that there is a difference between divorce and the dissolution of a marriage since divorce is due to committing adultery and dissolution of a marriage occurs for 10 reasons according to the new law including the discovery of mental illness or chronic physical and changing one’s religion.

St. Mary Church in Menoufia refused to hold funeral prayers of an evangelical Christian.

HG Bishop Makarios bishop of Minya told Copts united that St. Mary Church in Ismailia village was set on fire by extremists.