“Cairo (CNN) -- Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian community for nearly four decades, died Saturday, according to the head of the Egyptian General Coptic Association. He was 88.
"Shenouda III suffered renal failure ... due to the diabetes he endured for years," Sheif Doss told CNN.
The leader of the Coptic Christian community for 38 years, Shenouda was in poor health off and on for many years. He traveled to the United States to undergo medical tests last year.
Egypt's population is roughly 9% Coptic Christian, according to the U.S. State Department.
The Christian minority has been the target of a number of high-profile attacks in the past several years, including the bombing of a major church in Alexandria last January that left at least 21 people dead…”
I saw an interview with him on TV back a year or so ago. He seemed like a pretty neat guy. He also talked about the problem his church had in Egypt.
It is sad that people of the Book can not live in peace and love with each other.
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