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...Catholic Church already allows its liturgy to be said in nine languages other than Latin. Among them: Slavonic, Rumanian, Syriac, Arabic, Armenian and Gheez (classic Ethiopic...
...since St. Polycarp of Smyrna came to see Pope Anicetus in the 2nd Century had Rome seen such a Mass. But more significant than the frequent bell-tinkling and strange, high, polyphonic chanting of the Armenian Rite were the Holy Father's words in a public speech next day: "In designating the eminent Patriarch of the Armenians to celebrate yesterday's Pontifical, we have desired to stress the solicitude and love which the occupants of Peter's chair have throughout the centuries shown Armenia and her people. . . . Be firm in your faith; do not allow yourselves...
...James Aberdijian, Armenian . . . and yesterday he fell at Concord. . . . We know what you long for, James. . . . We know what your dreams were like. . . . They were as American as apple pie . . . the crunch of a hot dog when you walk on it on a cold day . . . the smack of a wet cigar when it hits you across the face . . . the rattle of cement when you're in the mixer ... the cry 'Play ball...
...Asia Minor, Rome's age-old desire to gather in the Eastern Orthodox Church was reflected in the selection of red-turbaned Patriarch Gregory Peter XV of the Armenian Catholics. He joined Cardinal Ignatius Tappouni of Syria, elevated in 1935, as the second red hat from the Eastern Rite since 1472. With Russia now claiming the rest of Armenia from Turkey, the Pope's promotion of the Russian-born Patriarch had added significance...
There may be no fight, since such Moscow pressure often means merely a drive for political concessions. This time even the ethnology was flimsy; Turks said the claimed area's Georgian and Armenian population is under 2%. The Kremlin had larger considerations. On the whole vast sweep of Russia's western and southwestern border, Turkey is the one country without a pro-Soviet regime. Russia wants to anchor the line. If its pressure could bring a Moscow-influenced Turkish government, Russia might forget her claim to the coastal region...