Ecumenical Prayer Service and Religious Visit in Turkey

Pope Leo XIV visits Turkey for four days, visiting Blue Mosque and signing joint declaration with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I.
Pope flies to Iznik for 1,700-year ecumenical prayer service, following Benedict XVI and Francis.
Blue Mosque built in 17th century under Sultan Ahmed I; Hagia Sophia is a sixth-century basilica made a museum in 1935.
Pope holds mass at Volkswagen Arena with 4,000 worshippers, amid criticism of Erdogan and Justice and Development Party eroding secularism.
Pope leads liturgy at St George Church, heads to Lebanon amid Hagia Sophia controversies and Francis's sadness.

Religion | Turkey | Ecumenical

Lebanon | Turkey

Pope Leo XIV | Recep Tayyip Erdogan | Pope Francis | Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

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