Pope Francis awards Armenian Ambassador to Vatican

Pope Francis I awarded Armenian Ambassador to Vatican Mikayel Minasyan with the Grand Cross Kinghood Order of Pope Pius, Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia reports.

On March 16, during a solemn ceremony at the Vatican Palace Substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu awarded the Grand Cross Kinghood Order of Pope Pius to Ambassador Minasyan.

Mikayel Minasyan received this Pontifical award "… as a vivid proof of our benevolence towards you" as stated in the letter of the Pope.