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Pope Leo XIV embarks on first foreign trip
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey to mark an important anniversary with the Orthodox church and to Lebanon, where he'll try to boost people of all faiths who are still demanding justice over the 2020 Beirut port blast.
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Leo XIV will set out on his first foreign trip as pope on the morning of Nov. 27, first to Turkey, a Muslim country with a tiny Christian population, and then, on Nov. 30, to Lebanon, the country with the largest Christian population in the Middle East.
Pope Leo XIV begins a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday, his first foreign trip since his election and one on which he’s expected to emphasize key themes of his fledgling pontificate – among them dialogue and unity.
Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon, amid Mideast tensions and the media glare that will document history's first American pope on the road.
ANKARA >> Pope Leo arrived in Turkey on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church today and was expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches.
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey to mark an important anniversary with the Orthodox church and to Lebanon, where he'll try to boost people of all faiths who are still demanding justice over the 2020 Beirut port blast.
Pope Leo XIV visits Turkey and Lebanon on his first foreign trip, fulfilling the late Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary. In Ankara on Thursday, Leo meets
