Pope Refers to Armenian ‘Genocide’ in Yerevan

Pope Francis on Friday described the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during the First World War as “genocide,” a term that Turkey vehemently opposes. He is on a visit to Armenia and, in the capital of Yerevan, addressed the country’s President Serzh Sargsyan. The word “genocide” was added to his prepared text, according to…