Bishop Tawadros has been chosen as the new pope of Egypt’s Coptic Christians, becoming leader of the largest Christian minority in the Middle East.
His name was selected from a glass bowl by a blindfolded boy at a ceremony in Cairo’s St Mark’s Cathedral. Three candidates had been shortlisted.
The 60-year-old succeeds Pope Shenouda III, who died in March aged 88.
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“A blindfolded boy – one of 12 shortlisted children – then drew out the name”
Were girls among the 12, I wonder?
Oh well, God bless the ministry of Pope Tawadros: I’ve know doubt he’ll need God’s blessings!
JC Fisher