During a meeting last week with the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Francis announced that he would be adding Coptic martyrs killed by Daesh (ISIS) in 2015 to the Roman Catholic Church's calendar, the ICN website reports today (May 14, 2023).
Daesh beheaded the men in Sirte, Libya, video-recording their executions and posting the footage online. The 21 Coptic Christians -- of whom 20 were Egyptian and one hailed from Ghana.
The pronouncement that the 21 men would be added to the Martyrology -- a list of saints and blesseds arranged according to the anniversary of their deaths -- was made on May 11 during a meeting between Pope Francis and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II at the Vatican.
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