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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Pope Tawadros II

A relative of a slain Christian grieves during funeral service at Church of Great Martyr Prince Tadros, in Minya, Egypt on Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
November 3, 2018, 2:01 pm
Christians in Egypt bury their dead after jihadist attack
Local Islamic State affiliate claims its gunmen killed 7 Coptic pilgrims in ambush attack near Cairo
By Samy Magdy and Hamza Hendawi
In this May 27, 2017 photo, a priest walks in front of St. Samuel the Confessor Monastery in Maghagha, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
August 12, 2018, 7:16 pm
Egypt detains another monk linked to abbot’s death
Police arrest 33-year-old Valtos for his role in murder of Bishop Epiphanius at St. Macarius Monastery
By AP
This file photo taken on April 28, 2017 shows Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, delivering a speech during the visit of Pope Francis to the prestigious Sunni institution in Cairo. (AFP Photo/Andreas Solaro)
January 19, 2018, 8:15 pm
Top Egyptian imam doubles down on refusal to meet Pence over Jerusalem
Al-Azhar head says meeting US vice president during his Middle East trip would ‘tear up my identity,’ warns recognizing Israel’s capital will fuel terror
By ToI Staff
In this Feb. 17, 2015 file photo, Pope Tawadros II, the pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, walks to his office at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
December 9, 2017, 4:30 pm
Egypt’s Coptic Pope rejects Pence meeting over Jerusalem
Pope Tawadros II cancels upcoming sit-down with US vice president, hours after PA president announces West Bank meeting with Pence also nixed
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Relatives of killed Coptic Christians grieve during the funeral at Abu Garnous Cathedral in the north Minya town of Maghagha, Egypt on May 26, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
May 27, 2017, 2:57 pm
Islamic State claims deadly attack on Egyptian Christians
Authorities raise official death toll from bus shooting to 29; Sissi launches retaliatory airstrikes on jihadist training camps in Libya
By Agencies
Pope Francis (L) walks alongside Coptic Pope Tawadros II (R) during a visit at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul church in Cairo, which was target by a suicide bomb attack that killed 29 people last December, on April 28, 2017. (AFP/Andreas Solaro)
April 29, 2017, 8:17 am
Pope Francis set to pray with Egypt’s Christians
The Argentine pontiff to wrap up 2-day visit by leading a Latin-Arabic mass for country’s small Catholic community
By AFP
Pope Francis (C) walks alongside Coptic Pope Tawadros II (R) during a visit at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul church in Cairo, which was target by a suicide bomb attack that killed 29 people last December, on April 28, 2017. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
April 28, 2017, 11:18 pm
Pope pleads for ‘holy’ peace during Egypt visit
‘No act of violence can be perpetrated in the name of God, for it would profane his name,’ Francis tells Muslim-Christian conference
By Samer al-Atrush and Catherine MARCIANO
A billboard with a picture of Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II, left, welcomes Pope Francis, at St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 27, 2017. (Amr Nabil/AP)
April 28, 2017, 4:48 pm
Pope Francis lands in Egypt for historic 2-day visit
Pontiff to meet with Egyptian president, Coptic Pope Tawadros II and grand imam Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb
By Agencies
Egyptians wheel away a body near a church in Alexandria after a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to celebrate Palm Sunday on April 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
April 9, 2017, 5:32 pm
Israel calls for joint fight against terror after Egypt bombings
Germany, France and Hamas terror group also condemn IS attack against Copts on Palm Sunday
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Egyptians walk past bloodstains in a street near a church in Alexandria after a bomb blast struck worshippers gathering to celebrate Palm Sunday on April 9, 2017. ( AFP PHOTO / STRINGER)
April 9, 2017, 4:24 pm
Islamic State claims bloody Egypt church bombings
Interior ministry says suicide bomber carried out Alexandria attack in attempt to target Coptic Pope Tawadros II
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pope Francis arrives to lead the Liturgy of Penance in St Peter's basilica at the Vatican on March 17, 2017. (AFP/ VINCENZO PINTO)
March 19, 2017, 5:22 am
Pope Francis to visit Egypt in April in interfaith effort
Pontiff will meet with President Sissi, imam at head of al-Azhar and Coptic pope during two-day trip
By AP
An Egyptian woman holds a sign in Arabic that reads, "the demands are not only for Christians but for all Egyptians," during a protest against the latest surge of assaults on Christians in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
August 14, 2016, 1:25 am
Egypt Christians stage rare Cairo protest demanding rights
Amid surge in attacks by Muslims in outlying areas, Copts demand better protection from government, courts
By Brian Rohan
Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a mass in the rubble of a makeshift chapel that was torched during clashes a few earlier months earlier, in the Egyptian village of Ismailia, in the Minya governorate, July 24, 2016. (AFP/KHALED DESOUKI)
July 28, 2016, 8:55 am
Egypt Christians look to new law to end discrimination
Legislation aims to even the ground on building permits between Muslims and Copts amid dark times for church followers
By Haitham el-Tabei
Greek Orthodox priests hold palm branches as they circle the aedicule during the Palm Sunday Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 24, 2016 (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
April 28, 2016, 10:13 pm
Defying ban, Egypt’s Coptic Christians flock to Jerusalem
Nearly 6,000 pilgrims visit Israel for Orthodox Easter season, down from about 15,000 three years ago
By ToI Staff
The leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II walks outside the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015. (AP/Mahmoud Illean)
November 28, 2015, 8:06 pm
Coptic Pope breaks Israel taboo to attend Jerusalem funeral
Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II defies travel ban to pay respects to Archbishop Anba Abraham, head of Coptic Church in Holy Land, who died Wednesday
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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