Pope Says Genocide

 

“Pope Francis uses 'genocide' to refer to mass killings of Armenians by Turks”

By: Jethro Mullen

Source: CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/12/europe/pope-francis-turkey-armenia-genocide-reference/index.html

 

Pope Francis jeopardized Turkish anger on Sunday by using the word "genocide" in order to state the mass killings of Armenians a hundred years ago under the Ottoman Empire. "In the past century, our human family has lived through three massive and unprecedented tragedies," the Pope said during the Mass at St. Peter's Basilica to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. His usage of the term genocide upset Turkey and the country called forth its ambassador to the Vatican for "consultations" only hours after the Pope’s comments. Earlier that day, Turkey summoned the ambassador from the Vatican for a meeting. Their former ambassador from the Vatican, Kenan Gursoy, told CNN in a telephone interview it was the first time Turkey has summoned its ambassador home from the Vatican, "This does not mean that our diplomatic ties with the Vatican are over."  He states that the Pope's use of the word "genocide" was "a one-sided evaluation. In a tweet on Sunday on his official account, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu titled the Pope's use of the word as "unacceptable" and "out of touch with both historical facts and legal basis.”  Blah blah blah

The people should read this article so that they could realize just how much the Pope has done just by saying the word genocide. This changes everything regarding their relations with Turkey and really helps us Armenian. The Pope helped us spread the knowledge of genocide throughout the world and for that we are grateful.