US EditionPope Leo says he hopes to visit Turkey later this year
- Pope Leo expressed hope to visit Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a significant Christian Church summit, marking the first foreign trip of his papacy.
- On July 17, he stated, "I hope to be able to meet you again, in a few months," regarding the ecumenical commemoration of the anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
- The Turkish presidency reported that Pope Leo informed Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan about his intention to visit Turkey.
- Patriarch Bartholomew indicated that a possible date for the Pope's visit could be November 30, as mentioned in an interview with the Italian bishops' TV2000 broadcaster.
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When Christians chant "Christ is risen," those words "proclaim that the darkness of sin and death have been vanquished by the Lamb", Pope Leo XIV told U.S. visitors taking part in an ecumenical pilgrimage.
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Pope Leo says he hopes to visit Turkey later this year
ROME (Reuters) -Pope Leo said on Thursday he hopes to travel to Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian Church summit, in what would be the first foreign trip of his papacy. The early centuries of Christianity were marked by a lively debate about how Jesus could be both God and man, and the Church decided on the issue at the First Council of Nicaea - now known as Iznik in Turkey
Pope Leo XIV, the spiritual leader of the Catholic world, announced that he will visit the Iznik district of Bursa in November.
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