After spending three days in Turkey, the pope arrived in Lebanon on Sunday for the second leg of his first trip abroad since his election. As in Istanbul, he chose his words with care, exercising restraint to avoid any missteps in a country shaped by religious tensions.

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

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…