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Catholicos of All Armenians calls for condemnation and
recognition of Armenian Genocide
08.05.2008 13:46 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ During a visit to Vatican,
Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Garegin II
called for recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

`Denial of these crimes is tantamount to perpetration.
Many countries have recognized the Armenian Genocide
in the Ottoman Empire,’ His Holiness said at the
Pope’s weekly meeting with the faithful.

Pope Benedict XVI mentioned of the `ordeals that
befell Armenian Christians in the beginning of the
last century,’ FRE/RL reports.

His Holiness Garegin II and Pope Benedict XVI will
hold another meeting on May 9.