An Egyptian army vehicle is stationed outside of St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in central Cairo. The Pope’s visit comes nearly three weeks after the Palm Sunday bombing of two Coptic churches, brazen strikes that left at least 45 people dead.
Hide Caption
5 of 9
![Pope Francis greets Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Friday, April 28. The Pope is on <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/africa/egypt-pope-visit/" target="_blank">a two-day trip to Egypt</a> to forge Muslim-Christian brotherhood and show solidarity with the country's persecuted Coptic Christian minority.](http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170428162643-04-pope-francis-egypt-0428-small-169.jpg)
Photos: Pope Francis visits Egypt
Pope Francis greets Sheikh Ahmed el-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo on Friday, April 28. The Pope is on a two-day trip to Egypt to forge Muslim-Christian brotherhood and show solidarity with the country’s persecuted Coptic Christian minority.