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Pope travels to Armenia after genocide flap and new tensions

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 23 Jun 2016
Even though Catholics represent a tiny minority, Armenians across the board seem thrilled that Francis is visiting and sided with them in terming the slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians a century ago genocide ... The Armenian Apostolic and Catholic churches split in a theological dispute over the divine and human natures of Jesus Christ, arising from the fifth-century Council of Chalcedon....

Pope Francis travels to Armenia after genocide flap and new tensions

Edit LA Daily News 23 Jun 2016
Even though Catholics represent a tiny minority, Armenians across the board seem thrilled that Francis is visiting and sided with them in terming the slaughter of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians a century ago genocide. “Everyone is looking forward to and preparing for his visit,” said Roza Karapetyan, a resident of northwestern Gyumri where Francis will celebrate the only Catholic Mass of his trip....

Pope Francis to visit 'genocide' memorial in Armenia

Edit The Guardian 23 Jun 2016
Pope Francis is expected to avoid using the word “genocide” when he visits a memorial to the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians this weekend. His notable change of tone from a statement last year that the wholesale killing of Armenian Christians between 1915 and 1923 was the “first genocide of the 20th century” is aimed at avoiding a repeat of the ensuing diplomatic rift between Turkey and the Vatican....

Pope Francis to visit Armenia, will avoid using ‘Genocide’

Edit Indian Express 23 Jun 2016
Pope Francis visits Armenia this weekend and will try to avoid reigniting a diplomatic dispute with Turkey after his branding of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as a genocide infuriated Ankara last year ... Turkey Turkey condemns "Armenian genocide" resolution in U.S ... It is seen as the custodian of Armenian national identity. Only about 280,000 of Armenia’s population of around 3 million people are Roman Catholic....

ANKARA: Armenians in Turkey call for election of new patriarch in rare protest

Edit Topix 23 Jun 2016
Daily Sabah, Turkey June 22 2016 Armenians in Turkey call for election of new patriarch in rare protest DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Protesters from the Armenian community staged a rare protest outside the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul on Wednesday to protest acting patriarch Aram Ateşyan and eight years without a patriarch to lead their religious congregation....

PM Receives Ramkavar Azatakan Party Central Board Chairman (Government of the Republic of Armenia)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Hailing the RAP for their activities aimed at preserving the Armenian identity and strengthening the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity, the Premier stressed that this traditional Armenian party has always been important in the pan-Armenian process and history has proved its viability....

Prime Minister Welcomes President of National Bank of Argentina (Government of the Republic of Armenia)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Hovik Abrahamyan noted that the Motherland highly appreciates the achievements of our compatriots living abroad and thanked Mr Melkonyan for his activities in favor of all Armenians ... The sides exchanged views on Armenia's economic development, the process of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict and other issues of mutual interest....

ANCA: Pope's Visit to Armenian Genocide Memorial an Open Challenge to Turkey's Campaign of Denial

Edit Topix 23 Jun 2016
"The Pope's prayers at the Armenian Genocide Memorial will echo around the world," said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. "The presence of Pope Francis at the Armenian Genocide Memorial - over the strident objections of Turkey's leaders - stands as a powerful moral testament against Ankara's ongoing obstruction of justice for this crime ... ....

Catholic Foundation of Maine to Distribute More Than $800,000 to Over 100 Endowment Funds in 2016 (Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland). PORTLAND---The Catholic Foundation of Maine is pleased to announce that it will distribute more than $800,000 to over 100 endowment funds in 2016. The endowment funds benefit parishes, schools, seminarians, Catholic Charities Maine, and many other ministries across Maine ... The Catholic Foundation of Maine was ......

Gloria in expansion

Edit The Economist 23 Jun 2016
CATHOLIC hospitals have been a force in American medicine since the Industrial Revolution, when nuns arrived from Europe to tend to immigrant communities ... One in six acute-care beds lies within a Catholic hospital ... Catholic ......

Catholic Charities Statement on Supreme Court Deadlock (Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York) ... Catholic Charities has long worked to welcome and integrate immigrants and refugees. Today's decision is certainly a stumbling block, but we will continue to serve those who need our help, non-Catholic and Catholic alike, with sound legal services and referrals ... Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York....

Tina Zimmerman – Golden Apple Winner (Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) ... The awards are presented to Catholic School educators who demonstrate professional excellence, leadership, commitment to Catholic values and devotion to teaching. 'Teaching in a Catholic school brings both love and life to my faith and the faith of my young students ... I am able to be myself and share my Catholic beliefs with my 3 and 4 year old students....

Proudly We Raise on High the Gold and Green (Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Jun 2016
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania). Since the 1920s, York Catholic High School has been celebrating commencement for its graduating seniors, and this year 94 students earned diplomas on a warm and sticky May 27 ... More information about Catholic Schools. By Chris Heisey, The Catholic Witness....
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