![Armenian leaders Catholicos Aram I and Supreme Patriarch Karekin II with Pope Francis at the papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 12, 2015, 100 years after the Armenian genocide. Armenian leaders Catholicos Aram I and Supreme Patriarch Karekin II with Pope Francis at the papal Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on April 12, 2015, 100 years after the Armenian genocide.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2020082723080_56433fe203700a646b3dc2844b27222fadb1336890a5536b2abc59e814c997ae.jpeg)
Pope’s Trip to Armenia Will Be Sign of Appreciation for Country’s Christian Fidelity
‘The Holy Father comes (in) appreciation to the Armenian nation, for their fidelity to Christianity, to their faith, to their resistance and to their culture,’ said Archbishop Raphael Minassian, the Armenian ordinary of Eastern Europe.