If the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya are "saints for all Christians" -- as Pope Francis says -- then why not grant permission for their veneration at Catholic altars, and let the chips fall where they may?
On Monday 15 February I had the unmerited privilege to be invited to the webinar hosted by Archbishop Angaelos, the Coptic bishop of London, to mark Contemporary Martyrs Day. The day itself fell exactly six years after 20 young Coptic men, and one non-Christian who joined them in confessing Christ in the face of their Daesh persecutors, were slaughtered on a Libyan beach, a horror captured on film to provide demonic propaganda for IS.
