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March 21 2015
Vatican Archives Shed Light on the Armenian Genocide
March 21, 2015 by Rebecca Hamilton
This year is the 100th anniversary of what is often called "The
Forgotten Genocide," which is the Armenian Genocide.
This slaughter of Christians by the Ottoman Turks occurred during
World War I. Together, the formed the kick-off for the bloodbath that
we remember as the 20th Century.
I'm going to write about the Armenian Genocide after Lent. The Vatican
Archives are a source of information about this forgotten genocide of
Christians.
>From Catholic News Service:
Vatican City, Mar 20, 2015 / 11:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Ahead of Pope
Francis' Mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
genocide, newly released historic documents confirm the Holy See's
broad commitment to helping the Armenian people at a time when few
others would.
The Italian Jesuit-run magazine La Civiltà Cattolica stressed that
newly published documents "prove how the Holy See, always informed
about events, had not remained passive, but was strongly committed to
face the issue" of the Armenian Genocide. "Benedict XV was the only
ruler or religious leader to voice out a protest against the 'massive
crime'."
The Armenian Genocide is considered to have begun April 24, 1915 with
a massacre of Armenians in Istanbul. Over the next eight years, 1.5
million Armenians would be killed and millions more displaced.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/publiccatholic/2015/03/vatican-archives-shed-light-on-the-armenian-genocide/
From: A. Papazian
March 21 2015
Vatican Archives Shed Light on the Armenian Genocide
March 21, 2015 by Rebecca Hamilton
This year is the 100th anniversary of what is often called "The
Forgotten Genocide," which is the Armenian Genocide.
This slaughter of Christians by the Ottoman Turks occurred during
World War I. Together, the formed the kick-off for the bloodbath that
we remember as the 20th Century.
I'm going to write about the Armenian Genocide after Lent. The Vatican
Archives are a source of information about this forgotten genocide of
Christians.
>From Catholic News Service:
Vatican City, Mar 20, 2015 / 11:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Ahead of Pope
Francis' Mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
genocide, newly released historic documents confirm the Holy See's
broad commitment to helping the Armenian people at a time when few
others would.
The Italian Jesuit-run magazine La Civiltà Cattolica stressed that
newly published documents "prove how the Holy See, always informed
about events, had not remained passive, but was strongly committed to
face the issue" of the Armenian Genocide. "Benedict XV was the only
ruler or religious leader to voice out a protest against the 'massive
crime'."
The Armenian Genocide is considered to have begun April 24, 1915 with
a massacre of Armenians in Istanbul. Over the next eight years, 1.5
million Armenians would be killed and millions more displaced.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/publiccatholic/2015/03/vatican-archives-shed-light-on-the-armenian-genocide/
From: A. Papazian