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A poster welcoming Pope Benedict XVI appears under an billboard advertisement for a retail shop on the Dbayeh highway, north of Beirut AFP PHOTO / PATRICK BAZ
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Vatican Pope to visit Beirut

Pope Benedict XVI calls Middle East visit a “pilgrimage for peace”

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
St Marks cathedral in Cairo, the Coptic community is still waiting for Pope Shenouda III's successor Laurence Underhill / DNE
EgyptPolitics

Human Rights Centre requests new voter list for papal elections

Controversy ensues over election of new Coptic Pope

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
A Coptic Christian lights candles during Sunday mass in Alexandria (photo: AFP)
Egypt

The Coptic Church announces voter list

The Coptic Orthodox Church has revealed the list of voters who will…

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Body of Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III lies in state at St Marks cathedral in Cairo as worshippers walk past to pay their final respects (File photo: Laurence Underhill)
EgyptPolitics

Coptic Orthodox Church to point the way to new Pope

The Coptic Church has also announced that it will not attend the…

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh