Egypt’s Coptic Christians mark Christmas amid fears on future

 
By SARAH EL DEEB and MARIAM RIZK | Published: January 7, 2013   

CAIRO — Egypt’s minority Christians were celebrating their first Christmas after the election of an Islamist president and a new pope — and following adoption of a constitution many argue has an Islamist slant.

photo - Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, left, leads a Midnight Mass on Sunday, the eve of Orthodox Christmas at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. AP photo
Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, left, leads a Midnight Mass on Sunday, the eve of Orthodox Christmas at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. AP photo

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Christians gathered Sunday in Cairo’s main cathedral for Midnight Mass on the eve of Orthodox Christmas led by their new pope. Pope Tawadros II was elected in November to succeed longtime Pope...
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