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Leading article Australia

Christ almighty?

14 April 2017

11:00 PM

14 April 2017

11:00 PM

Last week, Egypt declared a state of emergency. Twin bombings of churches that were packed for Palm Sunday services killed 44 people and injured 126 others. The first exploded in a Coptic church in Tanta, a town on the Nile Delta; the second at Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria; the ancient coastal town that is the historic seat of Christendom in Egypt.

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