"We will pray for the rest of our lives".
Here's everything we know so far about the attacks.
Jesus does not ask that people only contemplate his image, but that they also recognize and love him concretely in all people who suffer like he did, Pope Francis said.
"The government must review its security strategy and work on producing a more comprehensive plan to ensure the security of the people rather than the security of the regime", said Thabet.
The twin attacks marked one of the bloodiest days in recent memory for Egypt's Christian minority, the largest in the Middle East.
The two bombings-one inside a church in Tanta, the other outside a cathedral in Alexandria-killed 49 people and came weeks before a planned papal visit to Egypt.
The Copts, whose presence in Egypt dates to the Roman era, have long complained of religious persecution. That didn't deter an estimated crowd of 2,000 congregants from attending Palm Sunday mass, the start of Holy Week before Easter.
In these attacks, like the previous ones, security experts argued that securing churches by the police is usually done from outside the churches and that church affiliated security personnel are in charge of searching people, in order to avoid any sensitive reactions.
Similar scenes took place a day earlier at a church in Tanta, where victims were laid to rest in a place of honour.
ISIS's latest attacks on Egypt's Christians occurred less than three weeks before Pope Francis's April 28-29 visit to Egypt, and doubtless were meant to send a message to the Vatican.
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Francis will then meet with state authorities and with the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II.
Trump spoke by phone Sunday with el-Sissi to express confidence that Egypt will do what it can "to protect Christians and all Egyptians".
"The armed forces and police will do what is necessary to confront the threats of terrorism and its financing", the cabinet said in a statement. "Why weren't proper measures taken to protect people?" Nonetheless, el-Sissi's presidency has concerned human rights groups due to what they say is a crackdown on opposition and dissent.
Egyptian state television broadcast footage from the church's security cameras that appears to show the suicide bomber outside the Alexandria cathedral.
Magdy George Youssef, a deacon at St. George's, said the church was nearly full when the blast occurred and threw him under a pew.
People carry palm fronds in procession as Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 9. Security forces held them back to stop overcrowding, enraging the crowd. "Where were you when all this happened?" shouted one woman looking for a relative.
Following the attacks, Egypt declared a three-month state of emergency.
Last December, ISIS claimed responsibility for a church bombing in Cairo that left 29 dead. "We entrust all those who suffer and who have perished into the arms of the crucified and Risen Christ", he said.
In Jersey City, Mayor Steven Fulop and Public Safety Director James Shea met with local religious leaders Monday, including members of three Coptic Christian churches who have more than 25,000 parishioners in total.
A Muslim pedestrian in Cairo wept over the church victims.
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