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April 12 2015
Pope uses the word 'genocide' for Turkey WW1 massacre of Armenians
By Thomas Lifson
Turkey steadfastly denies there was any genocide in Armenia during
World War One, despite the facts. It threatens and cajoles those who
tell the truth, using its diplomatic and economic muscle to intimidate
those who speak the G-word about its behavior a century ago.
Adolf Hitler was under no illusions about what took place. Speaking to
a group of Wehrmacht commanders in 1939 of his plan to create
lebensraum (living space) for Germans in the East by slaughtering
Poles, he said, " Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the
Armenians?"
Thus, it is an important step that Pope Francis used the term
"genocide." The BBC reports:
At Sunday's Mass in the Armenian Catholic rite at Peter's Basilica, he
said that humanity had lived through "three massive and unprecedented
tragedies" in the last century.
"The first, which is widely considered 'the first genocide of the 20th
Century', struck your own Armenian people," he said, in a form of
words used by a declaration by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
The Pope was perfectly conscious that by using the word "genocide" he
would offend Turkey, which considers the number of deaths of Armenians
during the extinction of the Ottoman Empire exaggerated, and continues
to deny the extent of the massacre.
But the Pope's powerful phrase "concealing or denying evil is like
allowing a wound to bleed without bandaging it" extended his
condemnation to all other, more recent, mass killings, including those
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia and today's massacres by
Islamic State.
Pope Francis' focus today on Armenia, the first country to adopt
Christianity as its state religion, even before the conversion of the
Roman Emperor Constantine, serves as yet another reminder of the
Catholic Church's widely spread roots in Eastern Europe and the Middle
East. More than 20 local Eastern Catholic Churches, including that of
Armenia, remain in communion with Rome.
Today, Christians are being exterminated in territories controlled by
ISIS, and ISIS is spreading. The lessons of the 20th century are being
highlighted by the Pontiff, if not by President Obama, who considers
Turkey's leader Erdogan one of his best friends among world leaders.
Turkey steadfastly denies there was any genocide in Armenia during
World War One, despite the facts. It threatens and cajoles those who
tell the truth, using its diplomatic and economic muscle to intimidate
those who speak the G-word about its behavior a century ago.
Adolf Hitler was under no illusions about what took place. Speaking to
a group of Wehrmacht commanders in 1939 of his plan to create
lebensraum (living space) for Germans in the East by slaughtering
Poles, he said, " Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the
Armenians?"
Thus, it is an important step that Pope Francis used the term
"genocide." The BBC reports:
At Sunday's Mass in the Armenian Catholic rite at Peter's Basilica, he
said that humanity had lived through "three massive and unprecedented
tragedies" in the last century.
"The first, which is widely considered 'the first genocide of the 20th
Century', struck your own Armenian people," he said, in a form of
words used by a declaration by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
The Pope was perfectly conscious that by using the word "genocide" he
would offend Turkey, which considers the number of deaths of Armenians
during the extinction of the Ottoman Empire exaggerated, and continues
to deny the extent of the massacre.
But the Pope's powerful phrase "concealing or denying evil is like
allowing a wound to bleed without bandaging it" extended his
condemnation to all other, more recent, mass killings, including those
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia and today's massacres by
Islamic State.
Pope Francis' focus today on Armenia, the first country to adopt
Christianity as its state religion, even before the conversion of the
Roman Emperor Constantine, serves as yet another reminder of the
Catholic Church's widely spread roots in Eastern Europe and the Middle
East. More than 20 local Eastern Catholic Churches, including that of
Armenia, remain in communion with Rome.
Today, Christians are being exterminated in territories controlled by
ISIS, and ISIS is spreading. The lessons of the 20th century are being
highlighted by the Pontiff, if not by President Obama, who considers
Turkey's leader Erdogan one of his best friends among world leaders.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/04/pope_uses_the_word_genocide_for_turkey_ww1_massacr e_of_armenians.html
April 12 2015
Pope uses the word 'genocide' for Turkey WW1 massacre of Armenians
By Thomas Lifson
Turkey steadfastly denies there was any genocide in Armenia during
World War One, despite the facts. It threatens and cajoles those who
tell the truth, using its diplomatic and economic muscle to intimidate
those who speak the G-word about its behavior a century ago.
Adolf Hitler was under no illusions about what took place. Speaking to
a group of Wehrmacht commanders in 1939 of his plan to create
lebensraum (living space) for Germans in the East by slaughtering
Poles, he said, " Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the
Armenians?"
Thus, it is an important step that Pope Francis used the term
"genocide." The BBC reports:
At Sunday's Mass in the Armenian Catholic rite at Peter's Basilica, he
said that humanity had lived through "three massive and unprecedented
tragedies" in the last century.
"The first, which is widely considered 'the first genocide of the 20th
Century', struck your own Armenian people," he said, in a form of
words used by a declaration by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
The Pope was perfectly conscious that by using the word "genocide" he
would offend Turkey, which considers the number of deaths of Armenians
during the extinction of the Ottoman Empire exaggerated, and continues
to deny the extent of the massacre.
But the Pope's powerful phrase "concealing or denying evil is like
allowing a wound to bleed without bandaging it" extended his
condemnation to all other, more recent, mass killings, including those
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia and today's massacres by
Islamic State.
Pope Francis' focus today on Armenia, the first country to adopt
Christianity as its state religion, even before the conversion of the
Roman Emperor Constantine, serves as yet another reminder of the
Catholic Church's widely spread roots in Eastern Europe and the Middle
East. More than 20 local Eastern Catholic Churches, including that of
Armenia, remain in communion with Rome.
Today, Christians are being exterminated in territories controlled by
ISIS, and ISIS is spreading. The lessons of the 20th century are being
highlighted by the Pontiff, if not by President Obama, who considers
Turkey's leader Erdogan one of his best friends among world leaders.
Turkey steadfastly denies there was any genocide in Armenia during
World War One, despite the facts. It threatens and cajoles those who
tell the truth, using its diplomatic and economic muscle to intimidate
those who speak the G-word about its behavior a century ago.
Adolf Hitler was under no illusions about what took place. Speaking to
a group of Wehrmacht commanders in 1939 of his plan to create
lebensraum (living space) for Germans in the East by slaughtering
Poles, he said, " Who still talks nowadays of the extermination of the
Armenians?"
Thus, it is an important step that Pope Francis used the term
"genocide." The BBC reports:
At Sunday's Mass in the Armenian Catholic rite at Peter's Basilica, he
said that humanity had lived through "three massive and unprecedented
tragedies" in the last century.
"The first, which is widely considered 'the first genocide of the 20th
Century', struck your own Armenian people," he said, in a form of
words used by a declaration by Pope John Paul II in 2001.
The Pope was perfectly conscious that by using the word "genocide" he
would offend Turkey, which considers the number of deaths of Armenians
during the extinction of the Ottoman Empire exaggerated, and continues
to deny the extent of the massacre.
But the Pope's powerful phrase "concealing or denying evil is like
allowing a wound to bleed without bandaging it" extended his
condemnation to all other, more recent, mass killings, including those
in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia and today's massacres by
Islamic State.
Pope Francis' focus today on Armenia, the first country to adopt
Christianity as its state religion, even before the conversion of the
Roman Emperor Constantine, serves as yet another reminder of the
Catholic Church's widely spread roots in Eastern Europe and the Middle
East. More than 20 local Eastern Catholic Churches, including that of
Armenia, remain in communion with Rome.
Today, Christians are being exterminated in territories controlled by
ISIS, and ISIS is spreading. The lessons of the 20th century are being
highlighted by the Pontiff, if not by President Obama, who considers
Turkey's leader Erdogan one of his best friends among world leaders.
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/04/pope_uses_the_word_genocide_for_turkey_ww1_massacr e_of_armenians.html