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October 6, 2023

Fleeing ethnic Armenian Christians 'completely disregarded' for political, economic profits, says bishop

David Harapetyan, an ethnic Armenian and taxi driver who came from the Russian city of Stavropol to lend assistance, hands over food and water to refugees fleeing from Azerbaijan's Nagorno-Karabakh region as they arrive in the border village of Kornidzor, Armenia, Sept. 27, 2023.

An Armenian Catholic bishop told OSV News that tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians have been "completely disregarded for political and economic profits," as Azerbaijan takes control over their former home.

Published in International
September 21, 2021

Armenian bishops elect former U.S. pastor as patriarch

Archbishop Boutros Marayati, patriarchal administrator of the Armenian Catholic Church, uses incense as he celebrates Mass with bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church at the Pontifical Armenian College in Rome Sept. 20, 2021. The bishops were meeting for a second attempt at electing a new patriarch to succeed Patriarch Grégoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan, who died in Beirut May 25. No candidate garnered the necessary two-thirds of the votes when the bishops had met for two weeks beginning in late June.

ROME -- The bishops of the Armenian Catholic Church elected Archbishop Raphaël François Minassian, the ordinary for Armenian Catholics in Eastern Europe, to be their church's new patriarch.

Published in International
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