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The end of Christianity in Egypt?

Alexander Lucie-Smith, Catholic Herald

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As elsewhere in the region, violence against Christians threatens believers with either exile or extinction. But Egypt’s leader must realize that a country unable to stop the murder of Christians, will be unable to stop any sectarian murder.

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» At liberal Notre Dame: Trump-Harris polling “razor-thin”

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