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In first Mass abroad, Pope Leo sharpens calls for Christian unity
The pope celebrated Mass with some 5,000 people, many foreign-born Catholics, in an intimate Istanbul arena on Nov. 29, his last full day in Turkey.
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Pope Leo XIV, at Mass in Turkey, calls for Catholic, ecumenical and interreligious unity
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. | Screenshot: Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 11:20 am Pope Leo …
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Pope Leo XIV and Bartholomew I ‘deeply alarmed’ by global tensions
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople sign a joint declaration at the Palace of the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. | …
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Airbus computer issue affects papal plane during trip to Turkey
The flights for Pope Leo XIV’s first apostolic journey are taking place aboard an ITA Airways Airbus A320neo, one of thousands of Airbus planes affected by a computer issue, Saturday, …
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Pope Leo XIV, at Mass in Turkey, calls for Catholic, ecumenical and interreligious unity
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). Pope …
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Pope Leo XIV and Bartholomew I ‘deeply alarmed’ by global tensions
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople sign a joint declaration at the Palace of the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. / …
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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 …
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Pope visits Istanbul mosque but, unlike predecessors, opts not to pray there
The Vatican then sent out a corrected version of its bulletin about the trip, removing reference to the planned “brief moment of silent prayer,” without further explanation.
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Airbus computer issue affects papal plane during trip to Turkey
By Hannah Brockhaus CNA Staff, Nov 29, 2025 / 08:30 am The papal plane set to fly Pope Leo XIV from Turkey to Lebanon on Sunday is one of thousands …
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How a remote island in Indonesia forms hundreds of priests for the world
Seminarians at St. Paul’s Major Seminary on the Indonesian island of Flores. / Credit: St. Paul’s Major Seminary, Flores, Indonesia EWTN News, Nov 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Roughly …