Article: Pope in Armenia.(Pope's trip includes condemnation of Armenian genocide by Ottoman Empire)(Brief Article)

Yerevan--On the second leg of his Eurasian trip, September 25-27, the Pope visited Armenia, the world's first Christian nation (cf C.I., Sept. 01, 'Armenia', p.27). During his visit, he was a guest at the residence of Patriarch Karekin II of the Armenian Apostolic Church. This Eastern non-Orthodox Church reconciled its last differences about the nature of Christ with Rome in 1996. Only differences over the recognition of papal primacy still keep Catholics and Armenian Apostolic Christians from full communion.

The Holy Father was at pains during his visit to extol the heroism of Armenian Christians. Joining in the 1,700 years' an anniversary of Christianity, he ...

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