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The Blood of Martyrs Confesses Christ

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
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 The Coptic patriarch of Alexandria has responded to news that terror group ISIS has beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians by calling them "martyrs for the faith." Pope Francis added that believers everywhere must rally behind the victims, saying that denominations don't matter and all Christian blood is the same.

Fides News Agency reported on Monday that Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, the patriarch of Alexandria of Coptic Catholics, offered "his condolence to all the families of these martyrs who gave their lives for the faith, and at the same time expresses his gratitude to President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and all the institutions of the Egyptian government for giving an immediate response to this act of terrorism."

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/coptic-patriarch-calls-21-beheaded-christians-martyrs-for-the-faith-pope-francis-says-their-blood-confesses-christ-134165/

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