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Video Message of the Holy Father in memory of the 21 men killed in Libya in 2015
Coptic martyrs saints 20 February 2021
On Tuesday, 15 February, an online meeting was held in commemoration of the 21 Coptic martyrs killed on the beach in Sirte, Libya on the same date in 2015. His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, and His Grace Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, were among those who took part in the event. The following is a translation of the text of the video message sent by the Holy Father for the occasion.