Pope appeals for peace as tensions rise in Caucasus region
Pope Francis once again called for peace in the Caucasus region as the escalating conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia prompted renewed fears of war.
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by bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Angelus, Armenia, azerbaijan, Caucasus, Caucasus region, Featured, Kazakhstan, Nagorno-Karabakh region, News, U.S. & World News, Ukraine, War | 0 |
Pope Francis once again called for peace in the Caucasus region as the escalating conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia prompted renewed fears of war.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Angelus, Armenia, azerbaijan, Catholic News Service, Nagorno-Karabakh, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis once again called for peace in the Caucasus region as the escalating conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia prompted renewed fears of war.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 22, 2022 | Armenia, azerbaijan, Holy See diplomacy, Interviews, lead, Nagorno-Karabakh, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
Last week, the Vatican received a delegation from Azerbaijan that held several high-level meetings, including with Pope Francis and his Secretary of State, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin. At the heart of the conversation was the ongoing conflict between this country and Armenia. Following the visit, the Armenian ambassador to the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 20, 2022 | Anti-Christian persecution, Armenia, azerbaijan, Biden Administration, Church in Europe, lead, Military, News, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Turkey | 0 |
Armenian leaders in the U.S. are calling on the U.S. government to cease its military aid to Azerbaijan as the harassment and persecution of Christians in Armenia and Artsakh continues to occur on a “daily basis.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 18, 2022 | Armenia, azerbaijan, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Church in Europe, Diplomacy, lead, News, Pope Francis, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |
Azerbaijan is seeking the the Vatican’s diplomatic help in its ongoing conflict with Armenia, and Pope Francis and his team are showing a willingness to provide hands-on support.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 23, 2021 | Apostolic Armenian Church, azerbaijan, Church in the Middle East, conflict, lead, Museum of the Bible, News, Russia | 0 |
Less than a month after two missiles significantly damaged the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in the town of Shusha last October, Hovik Hovsepyan and Mariam Sargsyan stood at the cathedral’s altar and exchanged vows amid the rubble.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 13, 2021 | Armenia, azerbaijan, Features, justice and peace, Nagorno-Karabakh, News, World News | 0 |
Armenia and Azerbaijan reached an agreement this week to work together for the development of Nagorno-Karabakh — an ethnically Armenian region — which has been a major theatre in several conflicts, including the war the countries fought last year. The Armenian Ambassador to the Holy See, Garen Nazarian, spoke with the Catholic Herald late last year to provide the Armenian view of the most recent war with Azerbaijan, which broke out last September.
The post Russia brokers further step in peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan appeared first on Catholic Herald.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 16, 2020 | Apostolic Armenian Church, Armenia, Armenians, Associated Press, azerbaijan, Church in Europe, Nagorno-Karabakh, News | 0 |
The president of Azerbaijan is promising that Christian churches will be protected when the strongly Muslim country takes possession of areas formerly controlled by Armenians, as residents burned down their homes and fled in cars and trucks ahead of Sunday’s expected takeover.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 30, 2020 | Apostolic Armenian Church, Armenia, Associated Press, azerbaijan, Church in Europe, Nagorno-Karabakh, News | 0 |
Azerbaijani forces pushed deeper into Nagorno-Karabakh on Friday as top diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan were scheduled to attend talks in Geneva intended to help broker an end to more than a month of heavy fighting over the separatist territory.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | Apostolic Armenian Church, Armenia, Armenian genocide, Armenians, azerbaijan, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Nagorno-Karabakh, New York City, News | 0 |
Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York called for “the shield of faith” to protect Armenian Christians caught in the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 20, 2020 | Apostolic Armenian Church, Armenia, Armenian genocide, Armenians, azerbaijan, Catholic News Service, Caucasus, Church in Europe, La Repubblica, Nagorno-Karabakh, News, Turkey | 0 |
The patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, said the escalating violence in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has the potential to become another genocide of the Armenian people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 16, 2020 | Armenia, azerbaijan, Church in Europe, lead, Nagorno-Karabakh, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis | 0 |
According to an Armenian archbishop, Turkey is perpetrating a “third genocide” against the oldest Christian nation in the world.
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