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The Pope's plane arrives in Beirut. Screenshot: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Lebanon, bringing a message of peace to a nation scarred by war

The sky over Lebanon — once dominated by missile exchanges and relentless air raids during the 2023–2024 conflict
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV, at Mass in Turkey, calls for Catholic, ecumenical and interreligious unity

Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling
Pope Leo XIV with Armenian Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 30, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV honors ‘courageous Christian witness of the Armenian people’ in Istanbul

Pope Leo XIV dedicated the final morning of his visit to Turkey on Sunday to strengthening ties with
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople sign a joint declaration at the Palace of the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. | Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV and Bartholomew I ‘deeply alarmed’ by global tensions

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople said on Saturday they are “deeply alarmed by
Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV visits emblematic Turkish mosque in sign of fraternity with Muslims

Pope Leo XIV started his third day in Turkey on Saturday with a visit to the Sultan Ahmed
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at an ecumenical event marking the 1,700th anniversary of Nicene Creed, in Iznik, Turkey, on November 28th, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Nicaea anniversary, urges Christians to overcome divisions

Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea on Friday in the Turkish

Pope Leo shares ‘secret of Christian charity’ with Little Sisters of the Poor

Pope Leo XIV visited the Nursing Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul on Friday,

Pope Leo reminds Turkish Catholic minority of the ‘logic of littleness’

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey’s small Catholic community Friday to rediscover what he called the Gospel’s “logic of
Pope Leo XIV with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey, on November 27, 2025. | Vatican Media

Pope Leo denounces ‘might is right’ in address to Turkish authorities

Pope Leo XIV opened his first international trip on Thursday with a sweeping call for unity, renewed dialogue,

Pope Leo XIV to focus on Christian unity, relations with Islam in Turkey and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey Thursday on his first international apostolic journey. The wide-ranging trip — spanning

Faith and Struggle in the Middle East

Born in Syria and now leading the Archdiocese of Homs, Archbishop Julian Yacoub Mourad is the 2025 recipient

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