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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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