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Pope Leo will visit eight towns and cities in Turkey and Lebanon later this year, the Vatican said on Monday, his first trip ...

Pope Francis asperges the coffing with the body of late Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot during his funeral in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The trip offers a symbolically important gesture to ...

ROME — Pope Francis said on Thursday that he hopes to travel to Turkey next year to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council. The visit to ...

The choice signals that Pope Leo XIV aims to press for peace in the Middle East and show support for Christians in the region. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome The Vatican announced on ...

Pope Leo XIV waves from his popemobile at the end of a Mass for the Jubilee of Migrants and Missionaries in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/Alessandra ...