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Leading international media covered the visit of Pope Francis to Armenia. Pope’s speech about the Armenian Genocide and his visit to Tsitsernakaberd are among the highlights.

The article “Pope at Armenia Genocide Memorial: Never Forget or Minimized”  by Associated Press has been reflected in other western online news agencies, like The Independent , The New York Times , Voice of America, ABC News , etc.

The fact that Pope Francis ad-libbed the politically charged word "genocide" to his prepared text, listing the 1915 Armenian genocide alongside the Holocaust and Stalinism as the three great mass slaughters of the 20th century is highlighted in the article.

The author of the article writes that Turkey rejects the term, saying the 1.5 million death figure cited by historians is inflated and that people died on both sides as the Ottoman Empire collapsed amid World War I.

“In a largely Orthodox land where Catholics are a minority, Armenians have seemed genuinely honored to welcome a pope who has long championed the Armenian cause from his time as an archbishop in Argentina and now as leader of the 1.2-billion strong Catholic Church,” reads the article.