Coptic Church

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  41 Dead In Egyptian Church Fire

  A fire that broke out Sunday in a Coptic Christian church in Egypt's capital Cairo killed 41 people, church officials said.

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  Palm Sunday Bombs Rock Egyptian Churches, As State Of Emergency Is Declared

  Coptic Christians suffered in the worst set of attacks in decades, as more than 44 are killed.

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  PM Narendra Modi Condemns Egypt Church Bombings

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the two separate bomb attacks carried out by the ISIS on Coptic churches in Egypt which claimed lives of at least 44 people and injured over 100.

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  ISIS Claims Egypt Church Bombings That Killed 38: Report

  The ISIS claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches on Sunday in the deadliest attacks on the country's Christian minority in recent memory.

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  At Least 36 Killed In Palm Sunday Church Bombings In Egypt

  Bombings at two Egyptian churches killed more than 35 people as they gathered to mark Palm Sunday, officials said, in one of the deadliest recent attacks on the country's Coptic Christians.

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  At Least 21 Dead In Bombing At Egyptian Church

  A bomb blast at a church north of Cairo killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens who had gathered for Palm Sunday mass, state media reported, in the latest apparent attack on Egypt's Coptic Christians.

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  Egypt Mourns Slain Churchgoers As Blast Toll Rises

  Grief-stricken mourners gathered in Cairo on Monday for the funeral of 24 people killed when a blast tore through a Coptic church, in the deadliest attack on Egypt's Christian minority.

• United Kingdom Archbishop in 'Condolence' Visit to Egypt

  Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church of England leader, arrived in Egypt today to offer his condolences over the beheadings of twenty one Egyptian Coptic Christians by jihadists in Libya.

• Gunmen Kill Two Egyptian Policemen Guarding Church

  Egyptian security officials say gunmen opened fire, killing two policemen guarding a Coptic church south of Cairo.

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  Gunmen Kill 2 Egyptian Policemen Guarding Coptic Church

  Egyptian security officials say gunmen opened fire, killing two policemen guarding a Coptic church south of Cairo.

• In Islamist-led Egypt, Coptic Christians name new pope

  Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church named a new pope on Sunday, chosen in an elaborate ceremony where a blindfolded boy drew the name of the next patriarch from a crystal chalice.

• Egypt Christians mark mournful Christmas Eve Mass

  Egypt's Christians packed churches on Thursday for mournful Christmas Eve Masses, weeping and donning black in place of colorful holiday clothes, under a heavy security cordon by police out of fear of another attack like the New Year's suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people.At church gates around the country, police and church staff chec...

• Bomb hits Egypt church at New Year's mass, 7 dead

  A car exploded in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said.After the blast, enraged Christians emerging from the church clashed with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting fights and volleys of stone throwi...