Pope Francis will mark on Sunday the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey with a mass that will be held at the Vatican in the presence of President Serzh Sarkisian and the top clergymen of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
In another gesture to Armenia and its worldwide Diaspora, Francis will also bestow the prestigious Catholic title of "Doctor of the Church" on St. Gregory of Narek, a 10-11th century Armenian cleric renowned for his religious writings.
The pontiff will concelebrate the mass in the Armenian Catholic rite in St. Peter's Basilica with Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX, the Lebanon-based leader of the Armenian Catholics.
Armenian News
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