Coptic Orthodox Church in Mexico

Decades later, Mexico had a growing Coptic Orthodox community of its own, as it was less than one decade ago when some Coptic families settled in Mexico. The first Coptic Orthodox church in Mexico is St. Mary and St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Tlaycapan, Mexico. It was founded in 2001 and measures about 2000 square meters  more....

Iraq : frattini zebari , no to persecution of christian

(AGI) - Baghdad, 20 Nov. - "There is no persecution of minority groups in Iraq, especially the Christian minority which participates in all of the activities of the country and the Iraqi government has also taken action to protect its safety in the area around Mosul, and everywhere else that it is necessary". Baghdad's foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, assured the Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, of this today, who had expressed "worry" about the persecution of Christians in the area  more....  

In Egypt, a village boasts the nation's first female mayor

Eva Habil Kyrolos wears the distinction lightly as she tends to law and order and social matters in Komboha, the village her great-great-grandfather was granted in the 19th century.Reporting from Komboha, Egypt -- Her father's chair sits beneath the window to catch the morning light, where he once held court with villagers who wanted him to discipline their sons  more.....

Bulletin of Christian Persecution, March 6, 2009

Egypt: Human rights, including freedom of religion, have declined in Egypt and other North African countries, according to a report from the State Department. 3/5 We Collect the Dots; You Connect Them Egypt: Islamic lawyers charge a Christian convert with apostacy. He is in hiding and has been beaten in the street. 2/26  more....

Battle Over a Christian Monastery Tests Turkey's Tolerance of Minorities

KARTMIN, TURKEY -- Christians have lived in these parts since the dawn of their faith. But they have had a rough couple of millennia, preyed on by Persian, Arab, Mongol, Kurdish and Turkish armies. Each group tramped through the rocky highlands that now comprise Turkey's southeastern border with Iraq and Syria.  more.....