Pope Leo XIV will visit Nicaea in November, the patriarch of Constantinople said Monday.
"This morning I met His Holiness Pope Leo.
I saw with great satisfaction that we can continue on the same path as our churches for all of Christianity, for peace in the world.
And he assured me that he wants to come to Turkey for the anniversary of Nicaea. We have not set a concrete date, but certainly this year: maybe November 30th", said Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, in an interview with Tg2000, the news program of Tv2000, on the sidelines of a visit to the tomb of Pope Francis in Santa Maria Maggiore.
Pope Leo XIV last Monday told reporters that "we are preparing it" when asked about whether he would fulfil a commitment made by his predecessor Pope Francis to visit ancient Nicaea, now the modern-day Turkish town of Iznik, to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.
