US EditionOSV Editors: He Left for Turkey and Lebanon as Pope Leo; He Came Back as Pontifex
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Pope Leo’s First Apostolic Journey Delivers Real-World Results
Simone Risoluti Pope Leo XIV is greeted by throngs of people waiting in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké on Dec. 1, 2025. COMMENTARY: The Pope’s trip to Turkey and Lebanon yielded tangible results — strengthening Orthodox-Catholic ties and issuing urgent appeals for peace as Lebanon faces the threat of another war.
The head of the Catholic Church visited Turkey and Lebanon, countries where Catholics are minority, even among Christians. Leon XIV privileged the ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and the theme of peace in meetings with rulers.
The first Apostolic Journey of Pope Leo XIV to Turkey and Lebanon was complicated in the Land of Cedars, in spite of those who believe on the basis of historical and theological assessments all to be demonstrated that the ecumenical dimension is more manageable than the interreligious one. It was not so. In a certain sense the scenario is as if it had turned upside down. In Turkey, where Christians are a minority, ecumenism has received momentum…
On board the plane from Beirut to Rome, after completing his first apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV revealed where he would like to go on his next apostolic journeys, reports Vatican News. He spoke, among other things, about Africa. During the press conference on the plane from Beirut to Rome, Elisabetta Piqué, a journalist from the Argentine "La Nación," asked: "Leo XIV Reveals Where He Wants to Go on His Next Apostolic Jou…
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