ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish deputy prime minister said on Saturday that it was "unfortunate" that Pope Francis had labelled the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide, and that it reflected the papacy's "Crusader mentality".
Departing from his prepared text during a visit to Armenian capital Yerevan on Friday, Pope Francis used the word "genocide" to describe the mass killings, a year after infuriating Turkey with a similar statement.
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