Leo is scheduled to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and join Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Turkey, and is travelling to Lebanon to fulfill a promise made by his predecessor, Pope Francis, to...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkiye on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Christian anniversary and bring a message of peace to the region at a crucial...

In both Turkey and in Lebanon, we hope to also announce, transmit and proclaim how important peace is throughout the world and to invite all people to come together to search for greater unity, greate...