PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: info@armenianorthodoxchurch.org
Web:

PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon

Armenian version: nian.htm

INTERNATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE
ON HIS HOLINESS ARAM I’S VISIT TO THE VATICAN

His Holiness Aram I’s recent visit to the Vatican on November 23-27 received
a broad coverage both in the international and local press. Various news
agencies consistently reported on the issues His Holiness discussed in the
Vatican during his meeting with the Pope and other senior officials.

In addition to international media, the Turkish press also covered the
Pontiff’s visit, enticed clearly by his statements concerning the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

In further media coverage of the visit, the Catholicosate of Cilicia’s
Ecumenical and Communications officers, Bishop Nareg Alemezian and V. Rev.
Fr. Krikor Chiftjian appeared on the Roman "Telepace" TV on November 28
talking about the new potential for cooperation between the two churches and
particularly the Catholicosate of Cilicia and the Vatican that the Pontiff’s
official visit gave rise to. Despite the theological, ecclesiological, and
confessional differences, the need for unreserved cooperation between the
two churches was emphasized for the purpose of overcoming the challenges
faced by the present-day society.

Bishop Nareg and Father Chiftjian were also hosted by Radio Vatican’s news
service to make an assessment of His Holiness’s official visit.