YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Pope Francis demanded Saturday that the world never forget the victims of the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians at the country's imposing genocide memorial, hours after drawing a standing ovation from his hosts when he declared the slaughter a planned "genocide" aimed at annihilating an entire people. Francis laid a wreath at the memorial and stood, head bowed, in silent prayer before an eternal flame as priests blessed him with incense and a choir sang haunting hymns. Francis took his place next to the Armenian Apostolic patriarch, Karekin II, and a gathering of black-hooded Orthodox bishops, shaded by the memorial's 12 slanted slabs of rock representing the 12 western provinces lost to Turkey after World War I.