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Pope Shenouda III led Egypt's Coptic Christian church for more than three decades |
Egypt's
Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III has died at the age of 88, state television
has announced.
The cause
of his death was not reported, but the leader of the Middle East's largest
Christian minority had suffered from health problems.
Coptic
Christians make up 10% of Egypt's 80 million population.
After
attacks on Coptic Christians in recent years, Pope Shenouda urged officials to
do more to address the community's concerns.
Pope
Shenouda led the church, one of the oldest Christian communities in the world,
for four decades.
His
political adviser Hany Aziz told Reuters news agency that Shenouda "died
from complications in health and from old age".
He had
returned recently to Egypt after seeking treatment abroad.
Pope
Shenouda was born Nazeer Gayed into a devout Christian family on 3 August 1923
in Asyut, Upper Egypt, and became a monk in 1954, taking the name Shenouda.
After Pope
Cyril died in 1971, Shenouda was enthroned as Pope of Alexandria.
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