The pope celebrated Mass with some 5,000 people, many foreign-born Catholics, in an intimate Istanbul arena on Nov. 29, his last full day in Turkey.

Pope Leo XIV marks 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 ...

IZNIK, Turkey —On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea — the gathering that ...

On his first foreign trip as pope, Leo XIV encourages Turkey’s Christians, government and Islamic leaders to work together for peace and unity.

Part of Leo’s challenge is more firmly establishing who he will be as pope. He is positioning himself early as the pope of unity, the pope of peace.

Unity, dialogue and setting aside differences are the key messages for Pope Leo, who is taking part in events alongside the spiritual leader of about 300 million Orthodox Christians in Turkey. This ...

Pope Leo said Lebanon proves this kind of dialogue is possible, where minarets and bell towers stand side by side and bear ...