Pope Leo XIV Visits Emblematic Turkish Mosque in Sign of Fraternity With Muslims

Vatican Media.
Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025.

One of the Pope’s hosts for the visit, muezzin Aşgın Musa Tunca, told reporters afterwards that he had told the Pope he was welcome ‘to worship here,’ but that Leo had replied: ‘No, I am just going to look around.’

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