‘Thank You, Pope Francis’

SHARON, Mass.—Peace of Art, Inc. is completing its Armenian Genocide Awareness Billboard Campaign, “100 Billboards for 100 Years of Genocide,” with one more billboard. Located on Route 1, at the junction with Route 27 in Sharon, this billboard displays a message of gratitude, and reads, “Thank You, Pope Francis, for Commemorating the Armenian Genocide Centennial.”

Located on Route 1, at the junction with Route 27 in Sharon, this billboard displays a message of gratitude, and reads, 'Thank You, Pope Francis, for Commemorating the Armenian Genocide Centennial.'
Located on Route 1, at the junction with Route 27 in Sharon, this billboard displays a message of gratitude, and reads, ‘Thank You, Pope Francis, for Commemorating the Armenian Genocide Centennial.’

In April 2015, at St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis called the Armenian Genocide “the first genocide of the 20th century.” The event was unprecedented because, for the first time in history, the Pope mentioned the Armenian Genocide in his liturgy. “Pope Francis called on all states’ leadership, international organizations, and world peace-loving communities, to recognize the truth and to oppose such offenses,” said Daniel Varoujan Hejinian, the founding president of Peace of Art, Inc. “Such a brave statement by the Pope, the head of the Catholic Church, definitely deserves high respect and appreciation.”

In January 2015, Peace of Art, Inc. launched the Armenian Genocide Awareness Billboard Campaign. Throughout the United States and Canada, Peace of Art, Inc. has displayed large electronic and stationary billboards dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, and in honor of the victims of all genocides of the last 100 years.

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3 Comments

  1. Dear Varoujan.

    Your contribution to the Genocide is phenomenal and fantastic. I congratulate you for the latest billboard thanking the Pope for not only mentioning the Genocide but urging other nations for acknowledging the First Genocide of the 20th Century. Your accomplishments are remarkable and outstanding.
    Maro

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