Pope visits Armenian genocide memorial

Pope Francis yesterday issued a rallying cry to protect memory at the Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on day two of a trip likely to stir tensions with Turkey. Accompanied by President Serzh Sarkisian, Francis laid a wreath and prayed at the Tsitsernakaberd site where 12 giant stars represent the regions where Armenians says Ottoman forces killed some 1.5 million of their people between 1915 to 1917.