ANKARA: Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkiye on Thursday for a four-day visit where he will hold talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and meet Christian leaders on the first overseas trip of his papacy. The trip, which includes a second leg to Lebanon, begins in the Turkish capital Ankara, where the first American pope landed shortly after midday.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkiye and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught…

Il messaggio in volo, diretto verso la Turchia

Accolto all’aeroporto da una delegazione del governo

He will gather with leaders of other Christian traditions in Nicaea and celebrate Mass in Beirut.

Vatican says ‘demanding’ six-day mission will be packed with meetings with political and religious leaders

First American pope will arrive in the Turkish capital Ankara where he will meet President Erdogan.

Auf seiner ersten Auslandsreise besucht Papst Leo XIV. gleich zwei muslimisch geprägte Länder: die Türkei und Libanon. Dabei will er vor allem an die Christen appellieren. Vor Ort…

Auf seiner ersten Auslandsreise besucht Papst Leo XIV. gleich zwei muslimisch geprägte Länder: die Türkei und Libanon. Dabei will er vor allem an die Christen appellieren. Vor Ort…

Comincia il viaggio in Turchia e Libano (ANSA)

La prima tappa ad Ankara per l’incontro con Erdogan

ANKARA: Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkiye on Thursday for a four-day visit where he will hold talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and meet Christian leaders on the first…

Cominciato il viaggio in Turchia e Libano con la prima tappa al mausoleo di Ataturk per rendere omaggio al 'padre' della Turchia. Mattarella: 'E' tempo di iniziative di pace nel…

Cominciato il viaggio in Turchia e Libano con la prima tappa al mausoleo di Ataturk per rendere omaggio al 'padre' della Turchia (ANSA)

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan praised Pope Leo’s stance on the Palestinian issue after meeting him in Ankara on Thursday, and said he hoped his first overseas visit as…

Erdoğan will Leos Besuch für eine gemeinsame Botschaft zum Nahostkonflikt nutzen. Der Papst spielt nicht mit – und wirbt stattdessen für Toleranz gegenüber Christen.

On Thursday, the American pope began his four-day visit to Turkey, where he will meet the Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians.…

ISTANBUL, Turkiye: Pope Leo XIV joins the leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians Friday to celebrate 1,700 years since one of the early Church’s most important gatherings, on…

The pontiff leads prayers in Istanbul, emphasising the Nicene Creed as the core of Christian unity and faith.

First American pope urges Catholic Church in Turkiye to serve the most vulnerable, including migrants and refugees.

Pope Leo XIV’s much-anticipated visit to Turkiye — his first official foreign trip as pontiff — has both diplomatic and religio-historic importance. Paul VI became the first pope…