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Pope Francis greets Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting in 2016 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Pope Francis in Egypt: seeking better relations with the Muslim world
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis will be in Egypt for two days beginning on April 28.
Mourners attend the April 10 funeral for victims of a bomb attack the previous day at the Orthodox Church of St. George in Tanta, Egypt. (CNS photo/Mohamed Hossam, EPA)
FaithNews
Pope Francis' goals for Egypt trip: Strengthening weary Christians and reaching out to all
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis "will affirm that there is a certain solidarity among Christians" and that "we are all related together by Jesus."
Arts & CultureBooks
Was Pontius Pilate an agent of Christian salvation?
Jeffrey von Arx, S.J.
A new book situates Pilate in the political and cultural milieu of the Roman Empire in the Middle East.
A man reads a newspaper with images of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a map showing the results of Sunday referendum, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on Monday, April 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)
Politics & SocietyNews
Turkey's opposition party and international observers question election results
Elena Becatoros - Associated PressSusan Fraser - Associated Press
International observers who monitored the voting found irregularities, saying the conduct of Sunday's referendum "fell short" of international standards.
A nun walks through the hallway of the badly damaged convent of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena in Qaraqosh, Iraq. (CNS photo/courtesy John E. Kozar, CNEWA)
Politics & SocietyNews
The next few months will decide Christians' fate in a scarred Iraq
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
"ISIS had written really vile things about Jesus and the church. The convent was burned and gutted. Everything was stolen. Anything holy in their mind was burned."
In this Friday, April 14, 2006 file photo, Egyptian Copts cross their wrists in defiance outside the Saints Church in the Sidi Bishr district of Alexandria in Egypt. Egypt’s Coptic Christians have become the preferred target of Islamic State radicals operating in the Arab world’s most populous nation, seeking to sow discord, undermine President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and split the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Politics & SocietyNews
Who are Egypt's Coptic Christians, and why do extremists target them?
Brian Rohan, Associated Press
Egypt's Coptic Christians have become the preferred target of the Islamic State group, an apocalyptic cult seeking religious war.
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