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Acting Coptic Pope Pachomios (center) blindfolds the boy elected to draw the name of the next patriarch from a crystal chalice during an elaborate papal election ceremony at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church chooses new pope

By Aya Batrawy and Maggie Fick - Associated Press

Acting Coptic Pope Pachomios (center) displays the name of 60-year-old Bishop Tawadros, soon to be Pope Tawadros II, during the papal election ceremony at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo on Sunday. Egypt’s ancient Coptic Christian church chose a new pope in an elaborate Sunday ceremony meant to invoke the will of God. (Associated Press)

Egypt’s Coptic Christians pick Tawadros as new pope

By Aya Batrawy and Maggie Fick - Associated Press

A Coptic clergymen, center, casts his ballot during the new Coptic Pope elections at the main Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. A council of Egypt's Coptic Christians is voting Monday in a process that will elect a new spiritual leader for the ancient church as the community struggles to assert its identity and role amid a rising tide of Islamism that has left many Copts fearful for their future. (AP Photo/Sami Wahib)

Egypt: Coptic Church moves toward picking new pope

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** FILE ** In this April 18, 2009, file photo, Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, leads a midnight service to celebrate Christ's resurrection, at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christian Church dies

By Lee Keath and Maggie Michael - Associated Press