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.

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I are convening in Nicaea, Turkey for a joint celebration for the unity of Christianity.

Pope Leo XIV is visiting Turkey and Lebanon on his first foreign trip, marking the Council of Nicea anniversary and meeting religious leaders. The journey highlights interfaith dialogue and addresses ongoing political and regional tensions in the Middle East.

Pope Leo on Thursday morning is headed to Turkey where he will stay for a few days before proceeding to Lebanon. His return to Rome is scheduled for December 2nd. This is a trip the first at

Pope Francis might be traveling to Turkey next year for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, according to Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew in comments he made on Thursday. Although the Holy See has not confirmed ...

Pope Leo XIV, newly installed in May 2025, departs Fiumicino Airport in Rome on Nov. 27 on a five-day trip to Turkey to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the landmark