At a meeting with a group of young people during his visit to the UK on Wednesday, Pope Tawadros II denied that he had agreed with Pope Francis to cancel baptism. Queen Elizabeth II of Britain received Pope Tawadros II at Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening during his first visit to Britain since his papacy. Tawadros described Pope Francis's visit to Egypt as "a tribute to Egypt" and that his first motive was his love for the Orthodox Church in Egypt. The declaration signed by Pope Francis and Coptic Pope Tawadros II stating that Catholics and Copts will for the first time recognize each other’s sacrament of baptism stirred wide controversy among Coptic Christians in Egypt. However the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement in which the official spokesperson confirmed that there were only attempts at mutual recognition of baptism.

Source: Egypt Independent May 10, 2017 13:30 UTC