Pope Francis: ‘Suffering for one’s religious belief has become a daily reality’

(CNSNews.com) – Pope Francis joined an Armenian leader Sunday in lamenting the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East – and angered Turkey by once again referring to the atrocities committed against Armenian Christians a century ago as "genocide." The pontiff and Armenian Apostolic leader Karekin II in a joint statement spoke of the "immense tragedy" of "countless innocent people" being killed, displaced or exiled as a result of conflicts carried out on ethnic, religi

(CNSNews.com) – Pope Francis joined an Armenian leader Sunday in lamenting the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East – and angered Turkey by once again referring to the atrocities committed against Armenian Christians a century ago as "genocide." The pontiff and Armenian Apostolic leader Karekin II in a joint statement spoke of the "immense tragedy" of "countless innocent people" being killed, displaced or exiled as a result of conflicts carried out on ethnic, religi…