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September 7, 2023

Armenian Catholic Church calls for prayers to stop genocide

Shoppers at a supermarket in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, find shelves lacking items amid a regional food shortage. The shortage is the result of a blockade in the Lachin corridor linking Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-populated enclave surrounded by Azerbaijan.

Local Canadian Armenians with loved ones in the land-locked territory of Artsakh, are rallying to galvanize the international community over what experts, activists and residents identify as an unfolding genocide.

Published in International
April 18, 2017

New film on Armenian genocide took two years to make, longer to realize

Charlotte Le Bon, Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale star in a scene from the movie "The Promise." The film dramatizes the genocide of Armenians in the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire at the outset of World War I.

WASHINGTON – "The Promise," a film dramatizing the genocide of Armenians in the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire at the outset of World War I, was two years in the making, but probably a half-century in the idea stage, according to George Winter, one of the movie's producers.

Published in Movie News
June 26, 2016

Never again: Pope prays for Armenian genocide victims, future peace

Pope Francis visits the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, June 25. The monument honors the estimaged 1.5 million Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks in 1915-18. The icon behind the pope represents those killed.
YEREVAN, Armenia – In silence and in prayer while a mournful hymn was sung, Pope Francis formally paid tribute to the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed by Ottoman Turks in 1915-18.
Published in International
June 17, 2016

Francis builds on ecumenical progress with Armenians

Catholicos Karekin II of Etchmiadzin, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Pope Francis pose for a photo during a meeting at the Vatican May 8. The Pope is set to visit Armenia June 24-26.

TORONTO – In a country that is more than 90-per-cent Orthodox, the biggest event  in Armenia this year will be a three-day visit by Pope Francis.

Published in International
May 15, 2016

Pope’s visit to Armenian genocide memorial may strain tensions with Turkey

Pope Francis embraces Catholicos Karekin II of Etchmiadzin, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, during an April 12 Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will visit the Armenian Genocide memorial complex during a three-day visit to the country in June, a move that may strain the Vatican’s diplomatic relations with Turkey.

Published in International