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• Pope of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church dies
• Thousands of Copts crush into cathedral after pope's death
• Egypt Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda dies
• Pope Shenouda, religious peacemaker and Mubarak ally
• Obama honors Egypt's late Coptic pope
• To Egypt's Christians, pope was seen as protector
• Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III dies
• Vatican launches criminal probe into leaks
• Egypt's state news agency says Pope Shenouda III, head of Coptic Christian church, has died
• 500,000 pack Dublin for St. Patrick's Day parade; Catholic leader prays for new emigrants
• Cuba, Mexico pose different tests of pope's mettle

Pope of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church dies Posted: Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was 88.

Thousands of Copts crush into cathedral after pope's death Posted: The bells tolled on Saturday as tearful Christians crushed past the Cairo cathedral's gate hours after Pope Shenuda III's death, to get a glimpse of the man they called "father" in an uncertain time for the Egyptian minority.

Egypt Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda dies Posted: CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of most of Egypt's estimated 12 million Christians, died on Saturday from old age, his political adviser told Reuters. Bells tolled in Cairo's Abbasiya district, site of Egypt's main Coptic cathedral, as the news spread. Shenouda, 88, became the 117th Pope of Alexandria in November 1971, and was popular among Egypt's Christians and Muslims alike during his four decades in power. ...

Pope Shenouda, religious peacemaker and Mubarak ally Posted: CAIRO (Reuters) - Pope Shenouda, who died on Saturday at the age of 88, was Egypt's highest Christian authority, working for more than 40 years to keep the peace between the Muslim majority and the Christian minority. On the occasions when Christian protesters took to the streets to complain about discrimination against them, the late Coptic Pope chose to stay silent so as not to inflame tensions. When Egypt's Islamists won the majority of seats in parliament earlier this year in a move that privately alarmed many Christians, he chose to keep his counsel for the same reason. ...

Obama honors Egypt's late Coptic pope Posted: A "saddened" President Barack Obama hailed Coptic Pope Shenuda III as an "advocate for tolerance and religious dialogue" after the Egyptian spiritual leader's death Saturday.

To Egypt's Christians, pope was seen as protector Posted: At the last Christmas service he presided over, Pope Shenouda III praised the unusual guests seated among the faithful at his Cairo cathedral: Leaders from the conservative Muslim Brotherhood, generals from the ruling military.

Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III dies Posted: Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III, spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, died on Saturday at the age of 88 after a battle with illness, leaving the country's Copts in mourning.

Vatican launches criminal probe into leaks Posted: The Vatican has launched an internal, criminal investigation into the leaks of confidential documents that alleged corruption and financial mismanagement and exposed power struggles among Holy See officials, a Vatican prelate said Saturday.

Egypt's state news agency says Pope Shenouda III, head of Coptic Christian church, has died Posted: CAIRO - Egypt's state news agency says Pope Shenouda III, head of Coptic Christian church, has died. He was 88.

500,000 pack Dublin for St. Patrick's Day parade; Catholic leader prays for new emigrants Posted: DUBLIN - An estimated 500,000 people crowded Saturday into central Dublin to view the St. Patrick's Day parade, a focal point for Irish celebrations worldwide and the start of the tourist season in debt-battered Ireland.

Cuba, Mexico pose different tests of pope's mettle Posted: For his first visit to Spanish-speaking Latin America, Pope Benedict XVI has chosen the region's most Roman Catholic country -- and its least.

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