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Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane, Nov. 27, 2025. (Credit: Elise Allen/Crux.)

History’s first American pope wishes ‘Happy Thanksgiving’ on way to Turkey

Nov 27
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Pope offers boost to pastors of Turkey’s small Catholic flock

Nov 28
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Pope Leo XIV meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

In Iznik, Pope Leo issues call for unity in world marred by war

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Pope lands in Turkey with call to build bridges in polarized, conflicted world

Nov 27
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Sister Maria Elena cuts a photograph of a missing girl to paste on a Christmas ornament on the Tree of Hope in the Cathedral in Ecatepec, Mexico, on Nov. 17, 2025. (Credit: Ginnette Riquelme/AP.)

A Christmas tree in Mexico carries the faces of loved ones who never came home

Nov 29
María Teresa Hernández,
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Pope Leo XIV, center, walking with Muezzin Musa Asgın Tunca, left, Dr. Emrullah Tuncel, second from left, and Imam of Mosque Sultanahmet Fatih Kaya, visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s famed ‘Blue Mosque’, does not pray

Nov 29
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

In Iznik, Pope Leo issues call for unity in world marred by war

Nov 28
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV waves to the people as he arrives to the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, during his first foreign trip. (Credit: Emrah Gurel/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV to call for Christian unity at site where Nicaean Creed established

Nov 28
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