Pope Visits Armenia's Closed Border With Turkey on Last Day

[Dmitri77]

Pope Francis is wrapping up his trip to Armenia with a Sunday liturgy in the Apostolic cathedral celebrated by his Orthodox hosts and a visit to Armenia’s closed border with Turkey amid new tensions with Ankara over his recognition of the 1915 “genocide.”

Turkey issued a harsh rebuttal late Saturday to Francis’ declaration upon arrival in Armenia that the slaughter was a planned genocide to exterminate Armenians. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli called the comments “greatly unfortunate” and said they bore the hallmarks of the “mentality of the Crusades.”

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[Dmitri77]

Bravo to the Pope for speaking the truth. You know you hit a sore spot when they bring up the Crusades.

 

[Tomdstone]

At least the Pope is speaking out about the Armenian genocide and fostering better relations with the Armenian Orthodox Church. Although the Pope has called for unity between the two churches, he did not sign the joint declaration on improved ties between the two churches. How many more hundreds of years will the Roman Catholic Church wait until signing an agreed declaration of unity?