Pope: Christians killed in Libya in 2015 were witnesses of Jesus
Pope Francis recalls the faithful witness of 21 Christians - 20 Egyptian Orthodox Copts and 1 Ghanaian - who were killed by Islamist extremists in 2015 in Libya.
By Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ
Pope Francis sent a video message on Monday on the sixth anniversary of the death of 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians killed in Libya by the so-called Islamic State.
“Today is the day I have in my heart, that February of 2015,” the Pope said. “I hold in my heart that baptism of blood, those twenty-one men baptised as Christians with water and the Spirit, and that day also baptised with blood.”