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March 27, 2018

The Register Archive: A world torn by war searches for peace

Pope Benedict XV circa 1915.

Our dip into The Catholic Register archive lands on the Easter season of 100 years ago, when the world was still embroiled in the First World War. This Register editorial of April 4, 1918 looks athow Pope Benedict XV’s peace efforts were ignored and how the message of Easter might help heal the world.

Published in Features
April 9, 2015

Pope calls for hope, reconciliation as Armenia commemorates massacres

On April 9, Pope Francis asked that God’s mercy help to heal past wounds and and help for countries to have reconciliation and peace as Armenian remember the 100th anniversary of the 1915 - 1918 genocide. In this photo, Pope Francis receives a skull cap as he arrives to lead his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 8.

VATICAN CITY - In the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, Pope Francis decried humanity's ability to systematically exterminate its own brothers and sisters.

Published in International