LATEST WRITINGS FROM PASTOR PHILIP HOPPE

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Coptic Christians: Lord, have mercy

These baptized people of Jesus should be in our prayers. They are suffering for Jesus.

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Egypt Coptic church decries attacks on Christians

Coptic Egyptian demonstrators clash with Egyptian army soldiers with burning army and civilian vehicles along the road, following a demonstration in Cairo, Egypt Sunday, Oct. 9, 2011. Egyptian state television reports at least one soldier has been killed in riots that erupted in Cairo as Christians protesting a recent attack on a church came under attack. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt‘s Coptic church blasted authorities Monday for allowing repeated attacks on Christians with impunity as the death toll from a night of rioting rose to 26, most of them Christians who were trying to stage a peaceful protest in Cairo over an attack on a church.

The spiritual leader of the Coptic Christian minority, Pope Shenouda III, declared three days of mourning, praying and fasting for the victims starting on Tuesday and also presided over funerals for some of the Christians killed. Sunday’s sectarian violence was the worst in Egypt since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February.

The clashes Sunday night raged over a large section of downtown Cairo and drew in Christians, Muslims and security forces. They began when about 1,000 Christian protesters tried to stage a peaceful sit-in outside the state television building along the Nile in downtown Cairo. The protesters said they were attacked by “thugs” with sticks and the violence then spiraled out of control after a speeding military vehicle jumped up onto a sidewalk and rammed into some of the Christians.

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