Church in Cairo

I went to church 3 times in Cairo, and the third time I walked into that beautiful Roman Catholic church, I felt a connection I haven't often felt. Mass in Egypt was tedious for me because of the heavy accents of the priests (Eastern European & Asian) and lectors, and because of the terrible singing, which we did a lot of. So I looked around a fair amount of Mass. My fellow worshippers were really, really diverse. Many were South Asian, some were Arab, and the rest were white, with mabye 10 blacks out of maybe 200-250. There were a lot of older people, a lot of kids, and a lot of middle aged people. Twentysomethings seemed to come exclusively from AUC. Despite the thick accents, and because of the heavy racial diversity, Mass actually felt like a community of worshippers instead of a bunch of white people counting down the minutes until freedom. I would never have guessed that I would find religious inspiration in Egypt, but I was wrong.