The unsuccessful appeals of pope of Rome Leo XIII addressed to Abdul Hamid II to stop the massacres of the Armenians in the Ottoman empire (1894-1896)

The unsuccessful appeals of Pope of Rome Leo XIII addressed to Abdul Hamid II to stop the massacres of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire (1894-1896) Vatican secret archive documents opened in recent years, which represent letters, reports, records and etc., have enormous historical and diplomatic value and importance in the context of history of the Armenian Genocide and Armenian Question. The archival vaults include eyewitness accounts and records of bishops, nuncios, missionaries of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the representatives of the State Secretariat of the Vatican, and the priests of the Armenian Catholic and Grigoryan (Armenian Apostolic Church) Churches. In the archival vaults the interference documents of Leo XIII (1878-1903) and Benedict XV (1914-1922) Popes are distinguished with their value. The latters have attempted to intervene in the persecutions, deportations and massacres committed against Christians in the Ottoman Empire, although they were unsuccessful and ended with no result. In this context, it is noteworthy the intervene appeals of Pope Leo XIII addressed to Abdul Hamid II to stop the atrocities committed against Christians, which remain ignored by the sultan. Thus, the Vatican diplomatic intervention ends with failure.