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VATICAN TO CO-PUBLISH A BOOK ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 6, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Vatican will co-publish a book with documents
and information about the Armenian Genocide.
According to Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, the papers are from the
Vatican Secret Archives, and, to quote Monsignor Sergio Pagano, the
clergyman who runs the archives, "they make me feel ashamed to be a
man. Without faith, they'd make me see only darkness."
Pagano's announcement was made during the presentation of the "Lux
in Arcane" exhibition, which opens next February in Rome to show one
of the world's most important collections of papers, with documents
from the 8th century to the 20th century. Lined-up, they would cover
85 kilometers.
With regards to the Armenian Genocide, "when I read documents about
the torture practices used by the Turks against the Armenians, I feel
an irrepressible sense of pain and horror," Pagano said.
According to the prefect, some of the papers describe how Turkish
soldiers "bet and played dice to guess the sex of a child before
stabbing him or her with a bayonet after extracting them out of
the womb."
During the presentation, Pagano, the prefect of the Vatican Secret
Archives, also announced that within two or three years, the papers
concerning World War II and the pontificate of Pius XII will be ready.
The current pope will then be able to decide whether to release them
to the public, as many expect, or not.
The exhibition will also present less traumatic but equally relevant
historic documents, including the Letter of the Peers of England to
Clement VII on the matrimonial cause of Henry VIII (1530), the codex
of the trial of Galileo Galilei (1616-1633), the Letter of Empress
Helena of China on silk and the Letter of American Indians to Leo
XIII on birch bark.
PanARMENIAN.Net
July 6, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - The Vatican will co-publish a book with documents
and information about the Armenian Genocide.
According to Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, the papers are from the
Vatican Secret Archives, and, to quote Monsignor Sergio Pagano, the
clergyman who runs the archives, "they make me feel ashamed to be a
man. Without faith, they'd make me see only darkness."
Pagano's announcement was made during the presentation of the "Lux
in Arcane" exhibition, which opens next February in Rome to show one
of the world's most important collections of papers, with documents
from the 8th century to the 20th century. Lined-up, they would cover
85 kilometers.
With regards to the Armenian Genocide, "when I read documents about
the torture practices used by the Turks against the Armenians, I feel
an irrepressible sense of pain and horror," Pagano said.
According to the prefect, some of the papers describe how Turkish
soldiers "bet and played dice to guess the sex of a child before
stabbing him or her with a bayonet after extracting them out of
the womb."
During the presentation, Pagano, the prefect of the Vatican Secret
Archives, also announced that within two or three years, the papers
concerning World War II and the pontificate of Pius XII will be ready.
The current pope will then be able to decide whether to release them
to the public, as many expect, or not.
The exhibition will also present less traumatic but equally relevant
historic documents, including the Letter of the Peers of England to
Clement VII on the matrimonial cause of Henry VIII (1530), the codex
of the trial of Galileo Galilei (1616-1633), the Letter of Empress
Helena of China on silk and the Letter of American Indians to Leo
XIII on birch bark.