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Catholic, Coptic Orthodox popes offer joint Vatican blessing

Pope Francis, right, starts his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at The Vatican, with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Tawadros II, Wednesday, on 10th May, 2023.

Vatican City AP Pope Francis and the Coptic Orthodox Pope, Tawadros II, delivered a joint blessing Wednesday from St. Peter’s Square in a significant ecumenical gesture to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic meeting of their predecessors. Tawadros, the Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, joined Francis on the stage for the entirety of […]