Catholicos Aram I meets with Pope Francis

His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia on Wednesday met with  Pope Francis at the Vatican, Vatican News reported.

The meeting lasted nearly 30 minutes, with the catholicos and the pontiff holding a tete-a-tete. Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, also attended the meeting. At the end of the meeting, gifts were exchanged.