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ELCA Presiding Bishop Addresses Coptic Church Bombing In Egypt

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Date Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:48:11 -0600

Title: ELCA Presiding Bishop Addresses Coptic Church Bombing In Egypt
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>January 7, 2011  

ELCA Presiding Bishop Addresses Coptic Church Bombing In Egypt
11-002-JB

CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Rev. Mark S. Hanson, presiding bishop of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), assured the bishop of 
the
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles of the ELCA's "heartfelt 
desire"
to stand in solidarity with Coptic Christians in the United States and
the world in the wake of the New Year's Day bombing in a Coptic
congregation in Egypt.

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