Armenia
Pope Francis heading east on Caucasus peacemaking mission
By Josephine McKenna — September 27, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Building interreligious dialogue has been one of the pope’s top priorities.
Pope says church should ask forgiveness from gays for past treatment
By RNS staff — June 26, 2016
(Reuters) Pope Francis also said the Roman Catholic Church should ask forgiveness for the way it has treated women, for turning a blind eye to child labor and for 'blessing so many weapons' in the past.
Vatican hits back at Turkey for calling pope ‘crusader’
By RNS staff — June 26, 2016
(Reuters) The Vatican hit back on Sunday (June 26) at Turkey's depiction of Pope Francis as having a 'crusader mentality' after he used the word genocide to describe the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians a century ago.
Turkey says Pope shows ‘crusader mentality’ by calling 1915 killings genocide
By RNS staff — June 25, 2016
(Reuters) A Turkish deputy prime minister said that it was 'unfortunate' that Pope Francis had labeled the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide, and that it reflected the papacy's 'Crusader mentality.'
Pope urges Armenia and Turkey to reconcile, shun vengeance
By RNS staff — June 25, 2016
(Reuters) Visibly moved, Pope Francis took part in a prayer service along with President Serzh Sarksyan and leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church while in Armenia.
Pope on visit to Armenia cites ‘genocide,’ likely to anger Turkey
By RNS staff — June 24, 2016
(Reuters) Pope Francis departed from his prepared text on Friday (June 24) to use the word "genocide" to describe the mass killings of Armenians in 1915.
Pope to visit Armenia after irking Turkey with ‘genocide’ label
By RNS staff — June 22, 2016
(Reuters) Pope Francis will have to tread delicately at Tzitzernakaberd and in half a dozen other addresses to political and religious leaders.
Pope’s visit to Armenian genocide memorial may strain tensions with Turkey
By Rosie Scammell — May 13, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Francis’ trip carries huge significance, following the pontiff’s description of the killings as "the first genocide of the 20th century,” a claim Turkey rejects.
On eve of anniversary, Turkey’s ‘cultural genocide’ of Armenian history is ongoing
By Tania Karas — April 23, 2015
YUKARI BAKRACLI, Turkey (RNS) Over the past century, the Turkish government has destroyed many Armenian churches, homes, schools and cemeteries or allowed them to fall into ruins.
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have toddler baptized in Jerusalem
By Reuters — April 14, 2015
JERUSALEM (Reuters) In a quick visit to Jerusalem, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had their toddler daughter, North West, baptized on Monday at a 12th century Armenian church in the old walled city.
Let us compare genocides
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 14, 2015
Let's call it what it was: the slaughter of Armenians was a genocide. And it happened exactly one hundred years ago.
Armenians cast doubt on ‘Misha’ impact on bombing suspects
By Oren Dorell — April 26, 2013
WATERTOWN, Mass. (RNS) Two relatives of Tamerlan Tsarnaev say he was influenced by an Armenian convert to Islam named Misha. Armenian Americans say it is very unlikely an Armenian would become a Muslim.
Armenia struggles to absorb Christian refugees from Syria
By Diana Markosian — February 20, 2013
YEREVAN, Armenia (RNS) An estimated 7,000 of Syria's Christian-Armenian community have arrived in Armenia since the start of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Assad, and cash-strapped Armenia is struggling to help them.
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