Pope Francis on Monday phoned the
patriarch of the Orthodox Coptic Church, Tawadros II, to voice
his "profound participation in the pain" of the Coptic church
after the "barbaric" beheading of 21 Coptic Christians by
Islamic State militants, Vatican Spokesman Father Federico
Lombardi said. Francis will pray for the dead and on Tuesday,
the day of their funerals, he will "join spiritually the prayers
and grief" of the Coptic Church as he celebrates morning mass.
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