A survivor of the Christian-targeted bus attack carried out by Islamic State militants in Egypt has said that the militants told the women to renounce Christ or they would be killed.
Egypt’s Coptic Christians continue to be the target of terrorist attacks. Masked gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Christians to a monastery. At least 26 people were killed and 25 were wounded.
Despite some security concerns, Pope Francis is going ahead with his planned two-day trip to Egypt meant to show a united Christian-Muslim partnership.
An American woman and her Egyptian husband who were aid workers in Egypt and were imprisoned over allegations of child abuse and trafficking have been released and have arrived back in the U.S.
Egypt’s Christians continue to be the target of attacks from Muslim extremists. In the latest act of violence, a 16-year-old Christian boy was found murdered.