POPE WILL MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Catholic Culture
Aug 21 2014
Catholic World News – August 21, 2014
Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass next August to mark the 100th
anniversary of the Armenian genocide, an Argentine cardinal has
revealed.
Speaking at the Armenian Cahtolic cathedral in Buenos Aires, Cardinal
Mario Poli said that the Pontiff will celebrate the commemorative
Mass in St. Peter’s basilica. The date for the Mass has not yet
been announced.
Over 1 million Armenians died in 1915 when the Ottoman government
of Turkey massacred thousands of ethnic Armenians, established
forced-labor camps, and deported hundreds of thousands of the
Christian minority group–many of whom died on forced marches in the
process. The government of Turkey still denies the reality of the
genocidal campaign.