The two-day visit to Cairo at the end of April is an indication of the growing warmth in relations between the Catholic Church and the Muslim world.
The resolve of Christians in Egypt has been strengthened by ISIS' murder of 21 Christians in Libya according to Coptic Catholic Bishop Youssef Aboul-Kheir of Sohag.
Coptic Orthodox church may be first church since the arrival of Islam.
Coptic Church criticises western media's coverage of violence which has left 600 dead.
