Pope Francis describes mass killing of Armenians under Ottoman rule as 'genocide'

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<p>‘Pope Fra cis has escribe the mass killi g of Arme ia s er Ottoma T rkish r le i Worl War I as “ge oci e” ri g a visit to Yereva . It comes espite reports that he wo l i stea se the wor “martyr om” whe referri g to the eaths.</p>
<p>The Fri ay remark is the seco time the Pope has referre to the killi gs as ge oci e, a term that implies legal a fi a cial implicatio s, which allow the Arme ia s to ema restit tio s.</p>
<p>It follows a similar stateme t i 2015 which was met with a ger from T rkey.’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/ ews/348240-pope-arme ia-a iversary-ge oci e/" target="_bla k">Rea more: Pope Fra cis escribes mass killi g of Arme ia s er Ottoma r le as ‘ge oci e’</a></p>