Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he meets with authorities, members of the civil society and diplomats in the Presidential Palace's national library, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025.

For up-to-date news items about the first papal trip of Pope Leo. Pope Leo XIV lands in Ankara on Nov. 27 for his historic first papal journey to Turkey and Lebanon. (photo: Vatican Media) CNA Staff ...

Pope Leo XIV is on his first foreign trip to Turkey and later Lebanon, marking an important Christian anniversary and bringing a message of peace to the region at a crucial time for efforts to end the ...

Pope Leo XIV visits Turkey and Lebanon on his first foreign trip, a visit that fulfills the late Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary and bring a message of peace to the ...

Leo met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara and highlighted Turkey’s role as a bridge between East and West. He arrived in Istanbul later Thursday for three days of ecumenical and interfaith ...