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Pope Leo visits Turkey on 1st foreign trip

Pope Leo XIV opens first foreign trip in Turkey with a visit to Christianity’s early heartlands

Pope Leo XIV makes historic first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, marking 1,700 years since Council of Nicaea while supporting persecuted Christians.

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Optimism ahead of pope's visit to Turkey

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Pope Leo XIV visits the iconic Blue Mosque on the second day of his trip to Turkey

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Pope visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque at start of day of meetings with Turkey’s religious leaders

Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday at the start of an intense day of meetings and liturgies with Turkey’s religious leaders and a Mass for the country’s tiny Catholic community.

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Pope marks the 1700 anniversary of the Council of Nicea, celebrates Christian unity in Iznik...

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Pope marks Nicaea meeting in Turkey with prayer for Christian unity

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Pope calls for prayers ahead of his trip to Turkey and Lebanon

He will then continue on to Istanbul, Iznik, and later on 30 November to Lebanon, where he will remain until 2 December.

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Pope joins patriarchs from East and West at historic Christian site in Turkey to pray for unity

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Pope joins patriarchs at historic Christian site in Turkey to commemorate creed and pray for unity

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Pope removes shoes but doesn't pray on visit to Istanbul's Blue Mosque

Pope Leo visited Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day visit to Turkey.

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Zelenskyy will visit Turkey in a new bid to jump-start talks to end Russia's invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will travel to Turkey this week in an attempt to jump-start negotiations on ending Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began nearly four years ago.

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Pope Leo XIV, at Mass in Turkey, calls for Catholic, ecumenical and interreligious unity

Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass in Istanbul that Christians “journey as if on a bridge that connects earth to Heaven,