Quick translation. 06/08/2013 The Turks against the Pope Turkey has reacted "angrily" according to the newspaper Hürriyet the declaration of Pope Francis, who has called the genocide of the Armenians by the Turks made from 1915 onwards, "the first genocide of the twentieth century." marco Tosatti Turkey has reacted "angrily" according to the newspaper Hürriyet to the declaration of Pope Francis, who has called the genocide of the Armenians by the Turks which took place from 1915 onwards, "the first genocide of the twentieth century" in which one and a half million, women and children were massacred, and that - according to some historians - gave Hitler the example of how you could destroy a people without punishment. The words have been spoken during a meeting of the Pope with a delegation headed by the Armenian Catholic Patriarch of the Armenians of Cilicia of on June 3. One of the people who greeted the Pope said to be a descendant of one of the victims of the massacres. And Papa Francesco has responded by expressing his opinion. Which, however, was repeatedly made clear, even in the book of talks with the rabbi of Buenos Aires Skorka. "The Turkish Minister expressed the views of Turkey on this issue and expressed his disappointment at the embassy in Ankara and at the Vatican in Rome," said a diplomat in turkish Hürriyet. On the other hand in 2006 during the celebrations in memory of the 91st anniversary of the start of the genocide in Constantinople, then Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio had urged the Turks to recognize the genocide as "the most serious crime of Ottoman Turkey against the Armenian people and the humanity as whole. "Commenting on the issue, the Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Gougark, Sebouh Chuljyan said: "The Pope speaks on the basis of historical truth. Turkey must see this pain, and addressing the problem of genocide. " lastampa.it/2013/06/08/blogs/san-pietro-e-dintorni/i-turchi-contro-il-papa-nea3ttevCAJWEE3a7rrPeN/pagina.html
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:16:46 +0000