BOSTON’S CARDINAL SUPPORTS INAUGURATION OF MONUMENT TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.10.2007 18:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Cardinal Sean O’Malley of the Roman Catholic
Archdiocese of Boston supported the idea of inauguration of a monument
to the Armenian Genocide victims in Boston. "I want to affirm that I
recognize the Armenian Genocide and the sufferings that befell the
Armenian nation. We support endeavors for inaugurating a monument
to the Armenian Genocide victims in Boston," the Cardinal said at a
meeting with Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Garegin II.

Reverend Jack Johnson, Executive Director of the Massachusetts
Council of Churches, read a Council resolution recognizing the
Armenian Genocide.

The resolution says in part, "The Massachusetts Council of Churches
recognizes the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923 when 1.5 million
of Armenians were slaughtered in the Ottoman Empire and the
entire Armenian population was exiled from the homeland of their
ancestors. The Armenian Genocide is the first genocide perpetrated at
the state level. The Massachusetts Council of Churches will oppose
the policy of denial and will condemn all those denying Genocide,
no matter whether they are accomplices in the crime, pursue political
goals, wish to receive false scholarship or just feel indifferent,"
the press office of Holy Echmiadzin reports