Islam diminished but never drowned the Coptic influence. In the 17th Century, Jesuits failed to win the Ethiopian Copts to the Roman Catholic fold.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly said the Byzantine Empire, Armenia, Coptic Egypt and Ethiopia all shared a common Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The last three churches are ...

Addis Ababa, April 21, 2025 (ENA) ---- The Ethiopian Catholic Church has expressed its deep sorrow over the death of Pope Francis and called on all Catholics and well-wishers to join prayers for ...

The life of Walatta Petros. Far-fetched it may sound, but what I am describing, without exaggeration, is the kingdom of Ethiopia that Latin Catholics encountered during the 16th and 17th centuries ...

Some Catholic leaders have joined the Coptic Orthodox Church in mourning the 41 people — including 18 children — who died in a fire in Egypt’s capital, Cairo.

Their aim: to “reclaim” for the Catholic faith the five million members of Ethiopia’s ancient Christian Coptic Church.

Documents the artistic continuities between ancient Ethiopian Orthodox traditions and modern Ethiopian painters -- Skunder Boghossian, Gebre Kristos Desta, Wosene Kosrof, Falaka Armide, Tesfaye ...

On Feb. 15, 2015, ISIS militants brutally executed 21 Coptic Christian prisoners on a beach in Libya. Now, on the 10th anniversary of their martyrdom, a short animated film called “The 21” is ...

Now the Coptic Church in Egypt has “decided to suspend the theological dialogue with the Catholic Church, re-evaluate the results that the dialogue has achieved since its beginning twenty years ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from St. Peter’s Square in a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the ...

The country will celebrate the year 2017 on September 11, 2024, based on the Gregorian calendar. Ethiopia follows the Ge’ez calendar, which is based on the ancient Coptic calendar.