Pope Leo, Turkey
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Pope Leo XIV marks a high point of his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to the site where early Christian church leaders met 1,700 years ago under the auspices of the Roman Emperor Constantine to host the Council of Nicaea.
Pope Leo XIV landed in Ankara Thursday, where he lauded the Turkey’s cultural and religious diversity, saying it has a key role in building bridges of harmony and coexistence in a world at war.