Pope Tawadros II cried as he assumed the leadership of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church today 18/11/2012 at the St. Mark Cathedral in Abbasiya in Cairo.
The new pope will lead the church, which claims more than 10 million congregants, succeeding late pope Shenouda III who passed away last March after leading the church for four decades.
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