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voting states in the nominating process. to some other stories we re watching for you. turkey has blasted pope francis for referring to the mass killings of armenians by ottoman turks as a genocide. the term has always been a point of contention when talking about the killings that happened 100 years ago. in response to the pope s comments, turkey summoned the ambassador to the vatican for consultation. he called the remarks unacceptable, and here are the pope s exact words. translator: in the past century, our human family has lived through three massive and unprecedented tragedies. the first which is widely considered the first genocide of the 20th century struck your own maerc armenian people. for more ben wedeman is standing by in rome. there is a bit of a precedent for this. pope john paul ii cited it in
systemic genocide of the armenians during the first world war. but as i said, the turks have always denied it. it s important to note that in fact pope francis was, as you mentioned, merely referring to a statement made by pope john paul pope ii in december, 2001. it certainly is not a statement without precedent. it is one that clearly has riled turkish sentiment. errol? ben, rosemary here. what s the pope hoping to achieve by raising this sensitivity issue that dates back a century? what s the likely next move from turkey on this? reporter: this really, rosemary, is in line with the approach taken by pope francis wh who has never shied away from controversy. yesterday there was a special mass to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the beginning of the apartment massacres in what