European Parliament votes to call 1915 Armenian killings genocide
Following the Pope’s lead:
The European Parliament backed a motion on Wednesday that calls the massacre a century ago of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a “genocide”, days after Pope Francis triggered fury in Turkey by using the same term.
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Pope Francis sparked a diplomatic row last Sunday by calling the killings “the first genocide of the 20th century”. His remarks prompted Turkey to summon the Vatican’s ambassador to the Holy See and to recall its own.The European Parliament sprang to the pope’s defense, commending the message the pontiff delivered at the weekend.
I like the “sprang to the pope’s defense” part.
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