Talking to the Copts: With dialogue off, who are Coptic Christians anyway?

After 'Fiducia' controversy, Egyptian Orthodox cut off a long-standing dialogue with Rome.

The Coptic Orthodox Church announced this month that it has suspended dialogue with the Catholic Church because of Pope Francis’ Fiducia supplicans — which Coptic leaders have taken as a Catholic “change of position” on homosexuality.

Coptic icon in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. public domain.

In a March 7 statement, the Coptic Orthodox syn…