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The Vatican hit back at Turkey's depiction of Pope Francis as having a "crusader mentality" after he used the word genocide to describe the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians a century ago. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The Pope recognising the WWI massacre of Armenians as genocide hasn't gone down well with Turkey. Turkey says Francis has adopted a “mentality of the Crusades”
Pope Francis visited Tzitzernakaberd, the Geonocide Memorial in the Armenian capital Saturday. During the visit the Pontiff joined President Serzh Sarksyan and leaders of the Armenian Apostolic Church in a prayer service and met the descendants of Armenian orphans.
Pope Francis has sparked a diplomatic row between the Vatican and Ankara over his comments of the Armenian "genocide", but tourists at St. Peter's Square say the Pontiff was right to raise the issue. Mana Rabiee reports.
Pope Francis conducts holy mass marking the 100th anniversary of the Armenian massacre. Nathan Frandino reports.
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