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Pope Leo arrives in Turkey to begin his first overseas trip
- On Thursday , Pope Leo XIV arrived in Ankara, Turkey, launching a four-day visit to present his vision and appeal for peace and dialogue.
- The trip is timed to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and follows plans Pope Francis made but could not complete; Turkiye is viewed as a regional intermediary amid Ukraine and Gaza tensions.
- Landing in Ankara, Leo met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Complex and will later fly to Istanbul for a Blue Mosque visit and interfaith meetings.
- Aimed at fostering unity, the visit reinforces Christian‑Muslim ties and supports the Catholic Church in Turkey, around 33,000 members lacking formal legal recognition, while Pope Leo XIV will speak exclusively in English.
- Following Turkey, Leo travels to Lebanon where security, heightened by recent regional strikes, is expected to be tight ahead of silent prayer at the Beirut port blast site on Dec. 2, in a country hosting 1 million refugees with over 60% Sunni or Shia and about 30% Christian.
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