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Egypt’s Coptic pope is buried as thousands mourn

By Hamza Hendawi and Maggie Michael

 |  Associated Press  

  March 20, 2012

Pope Shenouda III, a giant figure for 40 years at the helm of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, was laid to rest on Tuesday in a desert monastery after a moving funeral Mass at a Cairo cathedral attended by tens of thousands.

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