Anba Yousef Abu al-Kheir, Bishop of the Coptic Catholic church in Sinai, said that the slaughter of 21 Copts in Libya has rather strengthen the church.
He explained that the Coptic martyrs have been killed on the name of Christ just like the early fathers of the church.
The first church of the Coptic martyrs in Libya was consecrated in Sinai carrying the name: "Our Lady of Peace."