(ANSA) - Vatican City, February 16 - Pope Francis on Monday
expressed his dismay at the murder of a number of Coptic
Christians by Islamist extremists purporting to belong to ISIS
in Libya. "I express my feelings today at the execution of the
Coptic Christians," the pope said. "They were murdered just
because they were Christians... in the land of Jesus the blood
of our Christian brothers is a testimony that shouts, whether
they by Catholics, Orthodox, Copts or Lutherans doesn't matter.
The blood is the same".
Pope expresses grief for Copts murdered by ISIS
Murdered just for being Christian, says Francis