Congressman Adam Schiff thanked Pope Francis for using “g-word” during the Holy Mass at the Vatican, News.am reports.

“Pontifex Thank you for acknowledging #ArmenianGenocide as first genocide of 20th Century. May your words inspire truth in others,” Schifftweeted.

The first Genocide of the twentieth century was perpetrated against Armenians, Pope Francis said during a Mass in the Armenian Catholic rite in St. Peter’s Basilica to mark 100 years since the Armenian Genocide.