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Expressing their 'deep concern' for their 'Armenian Christian brothers' currently in captivity in Azerbaijan, the authors stated that 'their faith, and their dignity as human persons, are being crushed.'
The beginning of a long journey for a people who still bear the deep scars of the ethnic cleansing and who still harbor an unquenchable desire to return home.
Pope Leo XIV issued the first major document of his pontificate even as he announced his first major papal trip…to Lebanon and Turkey. This week on Register Radio we are joined by EWTN Senior Vatican Editor Frank Rocca. And then, the country of Armenia is the oldest Christian country in the world. What are the challenges it faces today? Is Armenia at a crossroads? We talk with Register European Correspondent Solene Tadie
ANALYSIS: What is fueling the widening tensions between the government and the Armenian Apostolic Church, and how dangerous could this division prove for the country’s long-term stability and prosperity?
Archbishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan of Artsakh said the Christian world is particularly silent towards the world’s oldest Christian nation.
Armenians worldwide maintain strong ties to their church, shaped in part by the 1915 genocide.
Critics warn that far from ending war, the Armenia-Azerbaijan deal entrenches instability and undermines Armenian sovereignty.
In September, the Islamic nation of Azerbaijan invaded its neighbor Armenia.
The announcement comes amid widespread fears of an invasion of Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey and less than a month after the Azeri military launched a short but intense strike that seized control of the majority ethnic Armenian territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Since the Azeri takeover, widespread fears of genocide and religious and cultural persecution have led nearly all of the Nagorno-Karabakh population to leave the region.
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