The Liturgy of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, found wide response in international media.
As expected the leading agencies dictate the tone in English media. Reuters: " Pope sparks row with Turkey by calling Armenian massacre genocide", Associated Press: " Pope Francis on Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling the massacre by Ottoman Turks "the first genocide of the 20th century"", Agence France Press " Pope Francis used the word "genocide" today to describe the mass murder of Armenians in a move likely to severely strain diplomatic ties with Turkey", Bloomberg: " Pope Francis Says Armenian World War I Killing Was Genocide".
Different references were made to the Armenian Genocide, Turkish denial policy, the Liturgy of Pope in all these publications.
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