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THE NEWLY-ELECTED POPE FRANCIS URGED TURKEY TO RECOGNIZE THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE SEVEN YEARS AGO
10:50, 14 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, ARMENPRESS: The newly-elected Pope Francis urged
Turkey to unconditionally recognize the Armenian Genocide seven
years ago. As reports Armenpress, referring to Asbarez, during events
marking the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Buenos Aires,
then Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio urged Turkey
to recognize the Genocide as the "gravest crime of Ottoman Turkey
against the Armenian people and the entire humanity."
The 76-year-old pope will be called Francis, the 266th pontiff of the
Roman Catholic Church and the first member of the Jesuit order to lead
the church and the first none-European pope in more than 1,200 years.
"Pray for me, and we'll see each other soon," the pope told the crowd
of more than 100,000 gathered at St. Peter's Square.
On Wednesday, after what is viewed as a short conclave, white smoke
from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel heralded that a gathering of
Catholic cardinals picked a new pope, choosing the first pontiff from
the Americas to lead the Roman Catholic Church.
10:50, 14 March, 2013
YEREVAN, MARCH 14, ARMENPRESS: The newly-elected Pope Francis urged
Turkey to unconditionally recognize the Armenian Genocide seven
years ago. As reports Armenpress, referring to Asbarez, during events
marking the 91st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in Buenos Aires,
then Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Mario Bergoglio urged Turkey
to recognize the Genocide as the "gravest crime of Ottoman Turkey
against the Armenian people and the entire humanity."
The 76-year-old pope will be called Francis, the 266th pontiff of the
Roman Catholic Church and the first member of the Jesuit order to lead
the church and the first none-European pope in more than 1,200 years.
"Pray for me, and we'll see each other soon," the pope told the crowd
of more than 100,000 gathered at St. Peter's Square.
On Wednesday, after what is viewed as a short conclave, white smoke
from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel heralded that a gathering of
Catholic cardinals picked a new pope, choosing the first pontiff from
the Americas to lead the Roman Catholic Church.