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“There is Armenian blood under the snows of Ararat”
"We know in the West that there, under the snows of Mount Ararat, is the blood of Armenians" Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the Vatican's culture minister said in Yerevan.
Yesterday evening, the Cardinal held a meeting with Armenian Catholics in St. Grigor Narekatsi Church.
Cianfranco Ravasi said that he was going to discuss the organization of cultural events and exhibitions with the Armenian Minister of Culture.
There are about 180 000 Catholics in Armenia. The Armenian Catholic Church was re-established by the order of Pope John Paul II in 1991. The church belongs to the group of Eastern Rite Catholic churches and uses the Armenian Rite and the Armenian language in its liturgy.
