Coptic Church in Egypt gets new pope in blind draw CAIRO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A blindfolded altar boy drew the name of Egypt's 118th Coptic Pope from three nominees' names at a cathedral in Cairo Sunday. The name of Bishop Tawadros, 60, was drawn from a sealed black box during a morning mass at St. Mark's Cathedral, Ahram Online reported. Tawadros was ordained as a bishop in 1997. He was one of three finalists selected as a papal candidate by a 2,406-member committee of Coptic archbishops, bishops, and lay members after the death of Pope Shenouda III in March. Bishop Pachomios has been serving as interim pope since Shehouda's death. The formal ceremony to install Tawadros as pope is scheduled for Nov. 18, the church said. One of the new pope's major concerns is the growing influence of Islam in Egypt, which elected Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi as president in June, the report said. There are an estimated 18 million members of the Egyptian Coptic Church.