Upon arrival, the Pope will visit the Atatürk Mausoleum, built in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first president of the Turkish Republic. Pope Leo XIV departs from Rome on Thursday ...

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Ecumenical prayer attended by Pope Leo XIV and Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople commemorating the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in modern-day Iznik on Nov. 28, 2025. (Credit: ...

Pope Leo XIV listens to a question from a journalist during a news conference aboard his flight from Turkey to Lebanon on Nov. 30, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Lola Gomez In a brief press conference on his ...

Pope Leo XIV marked a high point of his his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to the site where early Christian church leaders met 1,700 years ago under the auspices of the Roman Emperor ...