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Chris Bohjalian urges Obama to follow Pope Francis' example
17:15, 12 April, 2015
YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. Chris Bohjalian, the famous American
Armenian writer, the author of one of the US bestselling book The
Sandcastle Girls, has reflected on the Divine Liturgy dedicated to the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide offered by Pope Francis in
St. Peter's Basilica today and expressed his admiration with the
statement made by the Pope.
As reports "Armenpress", the prominent American-Armenian author made a
post on this on Facebook and particularly underscored: "So proud that
Pope Francis called the Armenian Genocide a Genocide. Murder cannot be
hid long: The truth will out. I encourage President Obama to show the
same spine and moral compass now."
Previously it was reported that in his sermon during the Divine
Liturgy dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
offered in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis called the mass killings
and massacres of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915 a
Genocide. He said that the slaughter of the Armenians was the first
genocide of the 20th century.
Among other things, Pope Francis said the Armenian killings were the
first of three "massive and unprecedented" genocides that was followed
by the Holocaust and Stalinism. He said others had followed, including
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia.
The Pope welcomed the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh
Sargsyan, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians His
Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram
I and the Catholicos Patriarch of the House of Cilicia Nerses Petros
XIX, who attended the liturgy.
Pope Francis also honored the Armenian community at the start of the
Mass by pronouncing a 10th-century Armenian mystic, St. Gregory of
Narek, a doctor of the church. Only 35 people have been given the
title, which is reserved for those whose writings have greatly served
the universal church.
17:15, 12 April, 2015
YEREVAN, APRIL 12, ARMENPRESS. Chris Bohjalian, the famous American
Armenian writer, the author of one of the US bestselling book The
Sandcastle Girls, has reflected on the Divine Liturgy dedicated to the
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide offered by Pope Francis in
St. Peter's Basilica today and expressed his admiration with the
statement made by the Pope.
As reports "Armenpress", the prominent American-Armenian author made a
post on this on Facebook and particularly underscored: "So proud that
Pope Francis called the Armenian Genocide a Genocide. Murder cannot be
hid long: The truth will out. I encourage President Obama to show the
same spine and moral compass now."
Previously it was reported that in his sermon during the Divine
Liturgy dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
offered in St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis called the mass killings
and massacres of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Turkey in 1915 a
Genocide. He said that the slaughter of the Armenians was the first
genocide of the 20th century.
Among other things, Pope Francis said the Armenian killings were the
first of three "massive and unprecedented" genocides that was followed
by the Holocaust and Stalinism. He said others had followed, including
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia.
The Pope welcomed the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh
Sargsyan, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians His
Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram
I and the Catholicos Patriarch of the House of Cilicia Nerses Petros
XIX, who attended the liturgy.
Pope Francis also honored the Armenian community at the start of the
Mass by pronouncing a 10th-century Armenian mystic, St. Gregory of
Narek, a doctor of the church. Only 35 people have been given the
title, which is reserved for those whose writings have greatly served
the universal church.