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Pope: 'Spirit of Ecumenism' helps promote Christian witness

Jun 25, 2016

Praying at the main cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church at the start of his three-day visit to the Caucasus nation, Pope Francis praised the “spirit of ecumenism,” and its role in promoting human dignity against “grave forms of material and spiritual poverty.”
What Pope Francis says we can learn from the Armenian genocide

Jun 25, 2016

The catastrophe of the Armenian genocide is a lesson for all humanity, the Pope said on the first day of his visit to Armenia.
Pope Francis sends telegram to Italian President on his visit to Armenia

Jun 24, 2016

Pope Francis has departed from Italy for a three-day Apostolic Voyage to Armenia.
Pope Francis begins three-day visit to Armenia

Jun 24, 2016

Pope Francis has embarked on a three-day visit to Armenia, where he is expected to voice the Vatican's concern with the plight of Christians in the war-torn Middle East.
Pope prays before image of Mary on the eve of his Apostolic Voyage to Armenia

Jun 24, 2016

The Holy Father prayed before the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as “Salus Populi Romani,” (Protectress of the Roman People)
Interview with Armenian deputy minister of foreign affairs on Pope’s visit

Jun 24, 2016

Garen Nazarian talks about the expectations of the population, some of the tensions facing this people
Armenia must have a special place in God’s heart

Jun 24, 2016

Pope Francis is about to encounter one of the world's great Christian civilisations
Farewell Papal audience for Britain's ambassasdor to the holy see

Jun 24, 2016

As people across the United Kingdom went to the polls on Thursday, here in the Vatican, Pope Francis met privately with Britain’s ambassador to the Holy See, Nigel Baker
Pope Francis in Armenia, a pilgrim in the land of Christian martyrs

Jun 24, 2016

This visit is first and foremost a way of sharing with the first Christian people in history, marked by the genocide. There is also the ecumenical value of fraternity with the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the prophetic quality for peace in the Caucasus, a crossroad between Asia and Europe
How a sketchbook led one Chinese woman to the Catholic faith

Jun 24, 2016

Yan Xu is an artist from the central China city of Wuhan. What she drew one day would change her life.