Coptic Catholic Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak is pictured during a service at a church in Rome in this June 18 file photo. In a statement issued Aug. 18, he said the violence and unrest in Egypt are “not a political struggle between different factions, but a war against terrorism.” He urged the country’s Catholics to strongly support “all state institutions, particularly the armed forces and the police for all their efforts in protecting our homeland.” (CNS photo/Massimiliano Migliorato, Catholic Press Photo) (Aug. 18, 2013) See See EGYPT-STATEMENTS Aug. 18, 2013.