IZNIK, Turkey -- Pope Leo XIV joined Eastern and Western patriarchs and priests Friday in commemorating an important anniversary in Christian history, gathering at the site in Turkey of an ...

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Friday's ceremony, at which the Church leaders prayed in English, Greek and Arabic and lit candles near the underwater ruins of a fourth-century basilica, is the main reason for Leo's four-day visit ...

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 ...

Damp Saturday morning, then storms with a strong cold front late Saturday night. ISTANBUL – Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn't stop to pray, as he opened an intense day ...

During his trip to Turkey, Pope Leo XIV arrived at the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Saturday, on his first apostolic journey since his election. The visit, historic and symbolic in nature, focused on ...

Worshippers have hailed Pope Leo XIV's visit to Turkey after he held a divine liturgy with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul on Sunday in a gesture of support for Christian unity. It's past ...

In his role as a missionary and prior general of the Augustinian order, the future pope traveled extensively, particularly in ...

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. Pope ...