US EditionPope Leo arrives in Turkey to begin his first overseas trip
Pope Leo XIV aims to strengthen interfaith dialogue and Christian unity during his four-day trip, marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, with over 80 journalists covering the visit.
- 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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Pope Leo XIV began his four-day visit to Turkey on Thursday and called on him to play a "stabilizer" role in a "strongly conflicting" global context.
Pope Leo XIV wished this Thursday “abundance of peace and prosperity” for Turkey in the first protocolary step of his visit to the Eurasian country, during the visit to the mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, in Ankara.
He visited the mausoleum of the founder of the Turkish Republic and in the book of honor, wrote his desire for “abundance, peace and prosperity to the country and its people.” He was then received in a ceremony by the Turkish president.
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