PRELATE EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES ON PASSING OF POPE BENEDICT XVI 

On Friday, January 13, His Eminence Archbishop Anoushavan, Prelate, along with Bishop Gregory Mansour, former secretary of CAMECT (Christian Arab and Middle Eastern Churches Together) and eparch of the Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn, paid a visit to Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. 

On behalf of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, the Prelate expressed condolences on the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. During the encounter, current issues were discussed, especially related to the Middle East and Armenia.