Pope’s Explicit Condemnation of Armenian Genocide Strengthens Christian Solidarity; Courageous Stand for Truth and Justice. Within hours of his arrival in Armenia,
His Holiness Pope Francis clearly and explicitly referenced the Armenian
Genocide during remarks offered alongside Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian,
ending unfounded international speculation about his willingness to
unambiguously condemn this crime.
“Armenians worldwide appreciate the Pope’s explicit
condemnation of the Armenian Genocide – as a clear case of genocide – upon his
arrival in Armenia,” said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. “Pope Francis
– through words and actions – continues to openly challenge Turkey’s denial of
the Armenian Genocide. By speaking directly and fearlessly about the Armenian
Genocide, this time upon Armenian soil – and then making a pilgrimage to pray
at the sacred Tsitsernakaberd memorial – the Pope is both strengthening
Christian solidarity with Armenia and taking a courageous stand for truth and
justice.”
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Referencing the historic mass held last April in Saint
Peter’s Basilica, together with Their Holinesses Karekin II, Supreme
Patriarch-Catholicos of All Armenians, and Aram I, Catholicos of the Great
House of Cilicia, and His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX, Patriarch of Cilicia of
the Armenians, recently deceased, Pope Francis stated today, “The occasion was
the commemoration of the centenary of the Metz Yeghérn, the “Great Evil” that
struck your people and caused the death of a vast multitude of persons. Sadly,
that tragedy, that genocide, was the first of the deplorable series of
catastrophes of the past century, made possible by twisted racial, ideological or
religious aims that darkened the minds of the tormentors even to the point of
planning the annihilation of entire peoples.”
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