The Martyrology lists Catholic saints, not just martyrs. At their meeting, the Pope emphasised the common faith of the Assyrian Church and the Roman Catholic Church. He was not just improvising.
When we think of Rome and the Pope, we don't necessarily think of a Greek Pope. However, many Popes in the past had been of Greek origin.
This mode of helping souls out of purgatory brings in a large revenue to the Buddhist priesthood as well as to the Roman Catholic. Buddhists revere a multitude of saints, who by their great ...