Armenian genocide
Time to remember more than one atrocity? A defense of Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Avi Shafran — February 1, 2023
(RNS) — There’s a reason we take a special day to remember the Holocaust.
Calling on saints and spiritual guides, activist advocates for Armenia’s vulnerable women
By Priyadarshini Sen — August 23, 2022
(RNS) — The director of the Women’s Resource Center looks to Armenia’s ancient spiritual traditions to stay strong against the rape and death threats she’s received over the years.
Yes, there was an Armenian genocide
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 24, 2021
(RNS) — The Armenian genocide is a Jewish issue. More than you think.
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 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.
Yes, there was an Armenian genocide
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 17, 2016
All Jews should affirm that the Armenian catastrophe was a genocide. The first of its kind, in fact.
Genocides and Holocausts: Never again (COMMENTARY)
By Tad Taube — April 24, 2015
(RNS) It strains the conscience of our modern societies to realize that 100 years after the death of 1.5 million Armenians, the threat of further genocide hangs heavy over our so-called “civilized world.”
Why the Armenian genocide holds a lesson for Jews (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 15, 2015
(RNS) If Jews do not allow the world to compare the Holocaust to other genocides, then its relevance to the world will wither.
Turkey’s Erdogan: ‘I condemn the pope’ over Armenia genocide comment
By Reuters — April 15, 2015
ISTANBUL (Reuters) While other Turkish politicians, and now Erdogan, have lashed out at the pope, some ordinary Turks have dismissed the row as empty politics.
Pope sparks row with Turkey by calling Armenian massacre genocide
By Reuters — April 12, 2015
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) The foreign ministry called its ambassador to the Holy See back to Ankara, and summoned the Vatican's ambassador, saying Francis' remarks had caused a "problem of trust" in diplomatic relations.
Church bells ring in a corner of Turkey once the site of Armenian genocide
By Gil Shefler — October 3, 2013
(RNS) The reopening of what church officials say is the largest Armenian place of worship in southeastern Turkey is part of a re-evaluation by Kurdish Muslims of the active role their ancestors played in the killings of minorities including Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and Jews in the twilight years of the Ottoman Empire.
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