A report at Ahramonline covered the news, below is the full text of the report on May 8 entitled “Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope to meet Vatican Pope Friday”:

For first time in 40 years, head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church will travel to Vatican to meet Catholic counterpart

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will embark on a trip to the Vatican on Thursday, marking the first such visit by a Coptic Orthodox leader in 40 years.

Tawadros' predecessor, Shenouda III, met with Pope Paul VI in 1973 and the two launched a process of dialogue between their respective churches.

Thursday's visit, which is set to last for six days, will be Pope Tawadros' first trip abroad since his assumption of the Coptic Orthodox papacy in November of last year.

Pope Tawadros is set to meet with recently-elected Catholic Pope Francis on Friday.

The meeting between the two popes will aim to foster greater dialogue between Catholic and Coptic Christians. 

Catholics number 250,000 among majority-Copt 10 million Egyptian Christians (Author not mentioned, Ahramonline, May 8). Read original text in Arabic.

Al-Misrīyūn continues that it is expected that Pope Tawadros will congratulate the Vatican Pope Francis I with his new post and the possibility of a partnership between the Coptic Church and the Vatican (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, al-Misrīyūn, May 9, p. 5). Read original text in Arabic.