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Pope Tawadros to make first visit to Vatican in 40 years
Pope Tawadros II, the new pope of the Coptic Orthodox church, attends his enthronement ceremony at St. Mark Cathedral in Abbasiya, Cairo November 18, 2012. The Coptic Orthodox church staged a ceremony rich in ritual on Sunday to install its pope, Tawadros II, who Christians hope will guide them through the new, Islamist-led Egypt - REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
Egypt's Pope Tawadros II said on Wednesday he will visit the Vatican's newly-chosen Pope Francis I at his headquarters in the Vatican soon.
The visit will be the first of its kind since the late Pope Shenouda III's visit in 1973.
Pope Tawadros met today with the Vatican's new ambassador to Cairo at the Orthodox Church in Cairo's Abbasiya.
The meeting included discussions about cooperation and dialogue between the Orthodox and the Catholic churches, the Middle East News Agency reported.
Egypt sent a delegation headed by Minister of Culture Saber Arab in March to the inauguration ceremony of the pope.
