US EditionPope Leo arrives in Turkey to begin his first overseas trip
Pope Leo XIV's four-day trip aims to strengthen Christian-Muslim relations and mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, highlighting Turkey's role in regional peace.
- Arriving in Ankara, Turkey, on Thursday, Pope Leo XIV began his first trip abroad from November 27 to 30, including a wreath-laying at Ataturk's mausoleum.
- The trip focuses on Christian‑Islamic dialogue and marks the Council of Nicaea anniversary with a joint prayer by Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, noting Turkey's reception of more than 2.5 million refugees.
- He will move to Istanbul for three days of ecumenical and interfaith meetings after visiting the Diyanet and meeting the chief rabbi, with more than 80 journalists accompanying him.
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised Pope Leo XIV's stance on Palestinian dignity and urged reinforced ceasefire and humanitarian access to Gaza on Thursday.
- The trip will culminate with a joint declaration in Istanbul where Leo and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I will advance Catholic‑Orthodox cooperation, and Leo will pause in Beirut, Lebanon for silent prayer at the harbor blast that claimed nearly 200 lives.
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Pope Leo XIV began this Thursday his first international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, two destinations that Pope Francis had foreseen, but that take on even greater importance in the face of the complicated situation in the Middle East, and that will also serve to reveal how this pontificate will be. The Pontiff will thus visit two countries with very different Christian communities, and in a region where Catholicism is not the first belief.Both …
Hosted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the head of the Catholic Church arrived in Turkey, where he began the first trip abroad of his pontificate.
Photos highlight Pope Leo XIV’s first overseas pilgrimage
With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfills a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make before his health declined, and it gives Leo a prominent platform to speak about peace in the Middle East. In a notable shift from the Vatican’s traditional use of Italian, he will address audiences exclusively in English while in Turkey and in both English and French during his ti…
Photos highlight Pope Leo XIV’s first overseas pilgrimage
With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfills a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make before his health declined, and it gives Leo a prominent platform to speak about peace in the Middle East. In a notable shift from the Vatican’s traditional use of Italian, he will address audiences exclusively in English while in Turkey and in both English and French during his ti…
Photos highlight Pope Leo XIV’s first overseas pilgrimage
With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfills a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make before his health declined, and it gives Leo a…
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