The 21 men were beheaded by ISIS on a beach in Libya on Feb. 15, 2015; the Pope received a relic of the martyrs’ blood as a gift from the Coptic Orthodox Chur.
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The 21 people put in orange jump suites on beach and killed by ISIS, are now to be inscribed not only in the Coptic book of saints, but the Roman Martyrology.
Pope Francis announced the inscription of the 21 workers, most of them Egyptians, in the Roman Martyrology, the compendium of saints celebrated liturgically in the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis receives relics of the Coptic martyrs from Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, May 11, 2023. Pope Francis also announced that the 21 men will be added to the Church s official list of saints. / Credit: Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, May 11, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).Pope Francis said Thursday that the Coptic Orthodox martyrs killed by ISIS in 2015 will be added to the Catholic Church s official list of saints. He also received a relic of the martyrs blood as a gift."I am glad to announce today that, with the consent of Your Holiness, these 21 martyrs will be inserted into the Roman Martyrology as a sign of the spiritual communion uniting our two Churches," Francis said in a speech to the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Pope Tawadros II.The Roman Martyrology is an official list of the saints and blesseds, including martyrs, recognized in the liturgy of the Catholic Church. The list is ordered according to the Church