Abba Paula, Bishop of Tanta, held a conference for family at the church of St. George in Canada. Spokesperson of the Coptic Orthodox Church said that the bishop arrived in Toronto to hold a conference about family relations from Christian perspective for three days.

Abba Yousab, general bishop of Luxor attended today the funeral of Bishop Youannis, Bishop of the Catholic Church in Luxor, in St. George Church in Luxor.

Dr. Abadala Najar, Islamic scholar, said that Salafist prevention of congratulating Coptic Christians on their feasts is sort of extremism and violence.

Assiut criminal court sentenced 4 defendants to death penalty on charges of murder, kidnapping and resisting authorities.

Police in Assiut arrested 6 defendants on charges of kidnapping a Coptic child in Sahil Salim village, Assiut, for ransom.

Funeral of Bishop Youannis, Bishop of the Catholic Church in Luxor, will be held tomorrow in St. George Church in Luxor.

Several Coptic members of the Parliament announced they will demand unified law of Personal Affairs for Christians.

As usual, Shiekh Abdul Monem Shahat, spokesperson of the Salafist call, decided to congratulate the Copts on Christmas by preventing Muslims from congratulating them!

A group of Muslim scholars launched a campaign to congratulate Christians on Charismas. They assured that Christians are partners in the homeland, and they should share joys and sorrows with them.

Police in Damietta have arrested a terrorist cell on charges of planning for terrorist attacks on Christmas eve. Three members of the cell were arrested with weapons in their possession.

The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Brighton, England, celebrated on Thursday evening, Christmas according to the Western church.

National Security Police in Beni Suef prevented a group of terrorist attacks by the Muslim Brotherhood against Police officers, Coptic figures and churches.

Archbishop Samir Nassar, Archbishop of Damascus of the Maronites, announced the opening of a new Maronite Church in Damascus, in January of 2016.

Political experts at the Study of War Institute confirmed that the next battlefield for ISIS will be Rome and London, followed by America, France and Germany then Australia.

The Criminal Court in western Tanta sentenced a police officer and lower ranking officer at Tanta police station to life in prison for “torturing a prisoner to death”.

Negotiations between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum have entered a decisive stage in which the parties must express their final stance concerning the controversy and disagreement caused by Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, which threatens Egypt’s annual share of the Nile waters. Meetings involving the parties’ foreign affairs and water ministers have intensified, as Ethiopia and Egypt are preparing by finding alternatives that speed up the implementation of the studies should the feud deepen and the negotiations fall through.

A total of 28 convicts, allegedly belong to the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, were sentenced Saturday to 5 years in prison over charges of inciting violence and burning electricity transformers in Delta’s Sharqia governorate , Youm7 reported.

Franciscan Nuns’ School in Ismailia held a ceremony on the occasion of Prophet's Birthday. The celebration was attended by governor of Ismailia and several officials in the governorate.

Masked men kidnapped a Coptic student called Kyrolos Reda in front of his school in Assiut today. Eyewitnesses said that the child was hit on the head first before he was forced into their car. Police were reported and the matter is currently under investigation.

Nabil Anwar, lawyer of the church in Nazlet Hanna village, said that members of the Parliament in the village didn’t communicate with the church to find out about the crisis including the Coptic MP.

Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark See, attended the annual celebration of Bible House in Egypt.