Turkey angred by Pope Francis' call for recognition of Armenian ‘genocide’...BREAKING UPDATE...TURKEY RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN

UPDATE: TURKWY RECALLS TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO THE VATICAN

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Turkey says that it has conveyed loss of trust in relations with the Vatican after Pope Francis honoured the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it as such.

Turkey, which has long denied a genocide took place, immediately summoned the Vatican ambassador to express its displeasure.
In a statement following the meeting, Turkey said that the Pope’s message had contradicted his message of peace and dialogue during a visit to Turkey in November. It said that a response would be forthcoming. The Foreign Ministry said that it had expressed “great disappointment and sadness.”

The statement also called the Pope’s message discriminatory because he only mentioned the pains suffered by Christian Armenians and not Muslims and other religious groups.

Francis, who has close ties to the Armenian community from his days in Argentina, defended his pronouncement by saying it was his duty to honour the memory of the innocent men, women, children, priests and bishops who were “senselessly” murdered by Ottoman Turks.

“Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it,” he said at the start of a Mass Sunday in the Armenian Catholic rite in St. Peter’s Basilica honouring the centenary.

In a subsequent message directed to all Armenians, Francis called on all heads of state and international organizations to recognize the truth of what transpired and oppose such crimes “without ceding to ambiguity or compromise.”

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