Pope Francis In Armenia

Pope Francis is wrapping up his trip to Armenia with a Sunday liturgy in the Apostolic cathedral celebrated by his Orthodox hosts and a visit to Armenia's closed border with Turkey amid new tensions with Ankara over his recognition of the 1915 "genocide."

A sombre Pope Francis, "with pain in my heart," paid tribute today to the 1.5 million Armenians massacred in 1915, an event which he has labelled a genocide, risking Turkey's ire.

Pope Francis heads to Armenia's genocide memorial today for a prayer service, fresh from his ad-libbed declaration that the Ottoman-era massacre of Armenians a century ago was a planned "genocide."

Pope Francis will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan later this year, the Vatican announced Saturday, amid tensions in the region following a flare-up of violence over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region.

Pope Francis is wrapping up his trip to Armenia with a Sunday liturgy in the Apostolic cathedral celebrated by his Orthodox hosts and a visit to Armenia's closed border with Turkey amid new tensions with Ankara over his recognition of the 1915 "genocide."

A sombre Pope Francis, "with pain in my heart," paid tribute today to the 1.5 million Armenians massacred in 1915, an event which he has labelled a genocide, risking Turkey's ire.

Pope Francis heads to Armenia's genocide memorial today for a prayer service, fresh from his ad-libbed declaration that the Ottoman-era massacre of Armenians a century ago was a planned "genocide."

Pope Francis will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan later this year, the Vatican announced Saturday, amid tensions in the region following a flare-up of violence over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region.