Grieving Copts pay last respects to spiritual leader
Shenuda died on Saturday aged 88, following a long illness, setting in motion the process to elect a new patriarch for the Middle East’s largest Christian community.
He led the Copts, estimated at 10% of Egypt’s population of more than 80 million, for the best part of a generation, during which the country was hit by a wave of Islamic militancy from which he sought to protect his people.
