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Shenouda III; Coptic Christians Bid Farewell To Pope, Burial To Be At Wadi El Natrun (PHOTOS) (Huffington post)

* Pope Shenouda, 88, served as Orthodox pope since 1971

* Thousands of faithful gather outside Cairo's main cathedral

* Christian-Muslim tensions have risen since Mubarak ouster

* U.S. president says Shenouda worked for national unity

* Burial expected on Tuesday at desert monastery

By Yasmine Saleh

CAIRO, March 18 (Reuters) - Christians gathered on Sunday to pay final
respects to Pope Shenouda III, who sought to soothe sectarian tension in his
four decades atop Egypt's Orthodox Church but saw increasing flareups in the
majority Muslim nation in the last months of his life.

Friction has worsened since President Hosni Mubarak, who suppressed Islamists,
was ousted last year. Since then Shenouda, who died on Saturday aged 88, often
called for harmony and regularly met Muslim and other leaders.

Christians, who comprise about a tenth of Egypt's 80 million people, have long
complained of discrimination and in the past year stepped up protests, which
included calls for new rules that would make it as easy to build a church as a
mosque.

Shenouda had served as the 117th Pope of Alexandria since November 1971,
leading the Orthodox community who make up most of Egypt's Christians. His
funeral will be held ...

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