12 ապրիլի, 2015թ.
ԵՐԵՎԱՆ, 12 ԱՊՐԻԼԻ, ԱՐՄԵՆՊՐԵՍ: Վատիկանի Սուրբ Պետրոսի տաճարում Հայոց ցեղասպանության 100-րդ տարելիցին նվիրված պատարագի ընթացքում Հռոմի Ֆրանցիսկոս պապը Գրիգոր Նարեկացուն հռչակեց Տիեզերական եկեղեցու վարդապետ: Շարունակություն
ROME—Pope Francis
on Sunday referred to the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Turks as
the “first genocide of the 20th century,” entering into a tense
historical debate with wider implications for the Vatican’s relations
with Turkey and Islam.
With the statement, during a Mass in St.
Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican to mark 100 years since the killings,
the pope linked the event to contemporary persecution of Christians in
the Muslim world, effectively turning the occasion into his latest
denunciation of attacks on Christians by Muslim groups, including the April 2 killings at a university in Kenya.
Armenians say as many as 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed during World War I in today’s eastern Turkey, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire.
Many countries officially recognize the killings as genocide. But Turkey contests Armenian claims
about the scale of losses; it argues that hundreds of thousands
actually died in warfare and famine, and that many Turks were also
killed by Armenians. Turkey argues that the question of genocide should
be left to historians rather than politicians.
Turkey’s Foreign
Ministry summoned the Vatican’s envoy to Ankara following the pope’s
comments, according to a Turkish official. The ministry will issue a
statement later on Sunday, the official said, without providing
additional details about the meeting with the Vatican representative.
Pope
Francis said on Sunday that “it is necessary, and indeed a duty” to
“recall the centenary of that tragic event, that immense and senseless
slaughter whose cruelty your forbears had to endure...Concealing or
denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging
it.”
Pope defends his pronouncement by saying it
is his duty to honor the memory of the innocent men, women, children,
priests and bishops who were 'senselessly' murdered.
REUTERS - Turkey told the Vatican's ambassador on Sunday it was
"deeply sorry and disappointed" that Pope Francis had called the 1915
mass killings in Armenia a genocide, an official said, adding the pope's comments had caused a "problem of trust".
The pope made the comments earlier in the day during a Mass marking the 100th anniversary of the killings.
VATICAN
CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday called the slaughter of Armenians by
Ottoman Turks “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urged the
international community to recognize it as such, sparking a diplomatic
rift with Turkey at a delicate time in Christian-Muslim relations.
Armenian
President Serge Sarkisian, who was on hand to mark the 100th
anniversary of the slaughter at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, praised
the pope for calling a spade a spade in an interview with The Associated
Press. But Turkey, which has long denied a genocide took place,
immediately summoned the Vatican ambassador in Ankara to complain.
“The pope’s statement, which is far from historic and legal truths, is
unacceptable,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted.
“Religious positions are not places where unfounded claims are made and
hatred is stirred.”
Москва.
12 апреля. INTERFAX.RU - МИД Турции в воскресенье вызвал посланника
Ватикана в Анкаре для объяснений в связи с тем, что папа римский
Франциск назвал геноцидом массовое убийство армян в 1915 году.
Глава МИД Турции Мевлют Кавусоглу назвал заявление понтифика
"безосновательными" и "далекими от исторической реальности". Он отметил,
что "религиозным властям не пристало выступать с оскорбительными и
вызывающими возмущение безосновательными заявлениями".
12 april 2015
Source: http://global-gathering.com/news/15878
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday honored the 100th
anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it "the first
genocide of the 20th century," a politically explosive declaration that
will certainly anger Turkey.
Francis, who has close ties to the Armenian community from his days
in Argentina, defended his pronouncement by saying it was his duty to
honor the memory of the innocent men, women, children, priests and
bishops who were "senselessly" murdered by Ottoman Turks.
"Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding
without bandaging it," he said at the start of a Mass Sunday in the
Armenian Catholic rite in St. Peter's Basilica honoring the centenary.
Turkey has criticised Pope Francis
for using the word "genocide" to describe the mass killing of Armenians
under Ottoman rule in World War 1.
Ankara immediately summoned the Vatican's envoy after the Pope made the comments at a service in Rome.
Turkey's Foreign Minister described it as "far from the historical reality".
Armenia
and many historians say up to 1.5 million people were killed by Ottoman
forces in 1915. Turkey has always disputed the number of dead.
The dispute has continued to sour relations between Armenia and Turkey.
