Copts Choose New Pope

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"And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me; That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.  And the glory which thou hast given me, I have given to them; that they may be one, as we also are one: I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one: and the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast also loved me."

May the Lord bless and keep the Copts, and bring them into His fold.

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The new pope has  made a statement regarding the new Egyptian constitution.

http://news.yahoo.com/pope-says-egypts-c...TMy;_ylv=3

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Here is what happenned when the Coptic pope called for fairness for Christians in Egypt

  http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Salafists...26292.html

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Here is a Coptic Catholic bishop's statement to the Coptic Orthodox pope

http://www.churchinneed.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7239&news_iv_ctrl=1001

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Pope Tawadros II, the new head of the Coptic orthodox Church, is threatening to withdraw Coptic representatives from the Constituent Assembly, the 100 member committee entrusted with the task of drafting a new Egyptian constitution, over the concerns that the new constitution will grant an even greaater role to Sharia law. Five of the 100 members of the Constituent Assembly are Copts.

  http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics...igion.html

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics...draft.html

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Tawadros II, the new pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church was enthroned

  http://washingtonexaminer.com/egypts-new...ed/2049211

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There was a meeting planned between coptic Pope Tawadros II and a delegation of representatives from the Catholic churches. However because of the unrest it has been postponed. Let us pray for unity among the Christians in Egypt.
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http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=32746&lan=eng

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Here is more on what the Christians are going through in Egypt.
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http://www.motherjones.com/photoessays/2...ation-open

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The coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II haas declined an invitation from Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi to join in a "national dialogue," explaining that the Church is not a polotical institution.


http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/wor...tos-20503/

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A campaign of intimidation by Islamists left most Christians in this southern Egyptian province too afraid to participate in last weeks referendum on an Islamist drafted constitution they deeply oppose, residents say.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/midd...story.html