Cardinal says Vatican could aid Ukrainian peace process through Minsk Group’s efforts
The Holy See and Pope Francis are ready to facilitate work towards a Ukrainian settlement, and possible mediation assistance could be provided within the framework of the Minsk Group, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, told Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper. There is the Minsk Group that is working to mediate [the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict]. I believe the Holy See’s possible support can be given within the framework of that group, the publication quotes the cardinal as saying. In his view, any contribution made by the pontiff, the way it was done to resolve other conflict situations, could serve as a general message in the name of establishing peace.
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Cardinal Sandri: ‘Metz Yeghern’ a stain on human history
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches celebrates the Divine Liturgy to mark the 106th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
By Vatican News staff writer
Saturday, 24 April, marks the 106th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, known as the “Metz Yeghern”, or the “Great Evil Crime”.
To commemorate this tragic event, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome.
In his homily, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches called the
Metz Yeghern a “stain on humanity’s history.”
Bu, he added, the Armenian people who fell victim to “a systematic, planned suffering” did not lose the “treasure of faith.”
Vatican cardinal: The Armenian genocide is a âstainâ of evil on all humanity Catholicos Karekin II of Etchmiadzin, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Catholicos Aram of Cilicia, Lebanon, attend an April 12, 2015, Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter s Basilica at the Vatican to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
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select Servers use incense as Pope Francis celebrates an April 12, 2015 Mass in St. Peter s Basilica at the Vatican to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (CNS photo/Cristian Gennari) ROME The fact of the Armenian genocide forces us to confront both the great evils committed in human history and the small evils we commit in our personal lives, a Vatican cardinal said this weekend.
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