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Vatican hosts veneration of relics of 21 Coptic martyrs of Libya on first feast day

February 15, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

Icon of the 21 Martyrs of Libya. / Credit: Image courtesy of Tony Rezk, via tonyrezk.blogspot.com

Rome Newsroom, Feb 15, 2024 / 09:03 am (CNA).
The relics of 21 Coptic martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya will be venerated in St. Peter’s Basilica o… […]

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Pope Francis adds Coptic Orthodox martyrs to liturgical book of saints

May 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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. / Cr… […]

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Pope Francis: Blood of martyrs slain by ISIS ‘a seed that will bear rich fruit’

May 20, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Icon of the 21 Martyrs of Libya. Image courtesy of Tony Rezk, via tonyrezk.blogspot.com

CNA Staff, May 20, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Pope Francis has said that the blood of 21 martyrs killed by ISIS on a Libyan beach in 2015 is “a seed that will be… […]

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