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Nov 28, 2025Pope Leo XIV visited the Nursing Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul on Friday, telling the community that Christian charity begins not with doing, but with being, i.e., living a real communion with those one serves.
Pope Leo reminds Turkish Catholic minority of the ‘logic of littleness’
Nov 28, 2025Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey’s small Catholic community Friday to rediscover what he called the Gospel’s “logic of littleness,” urging them not to be discouraged by their tiny numbers but to recognize in them the strength of authentic Christian witness.
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Filipino archbishop asks Catholics to attend protests against government corruption
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Immigrants, converts, and students reflect on Pope Leo’s visit to Istanbul cathedral
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Pies and a baseball bat: The gifts Pope Leo XIV received on the papal flight to Turkey
Nov 27, 2025“To the Americans here, Happy Thanksgiving!” Leo said as he greeted about 80 journalists aboard the chartered ITA Airways flight to Ankara on Thursday morning. “It’s a wonderful day to celebrate.”
Pope Leo denounces ‘might is right’ in address to Turkish authorities
Nov 27, 2025Pope Leo XIV opened his first international trip on Thursday with a sweeping call for unity, renewed dialogue, and a rejection of the global drift toward division and violence. Speaking in Turkey’s capital of Ankara on Nov. 27 during his formal welcome by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the pope said he hoped Turkey could be “a source of stability and rapprochement between peoples” and serve the cause of a “just and lasting peace.”
Pope Leo XIV appoints 2 new archbishops for western Canada dioceses
Nov 27, 2025Pope Leo appointed Bishop Stephen A. Hero as the archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta, and Father Susai Jesu, OMI, as archbishop-elect of Keewatin-Le Pas.
Pope Leo’s prayer intention for December: for Christians in areas of war or conflict
Nov 27, 2025Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for December is for Christians living amidst war or conflict, especially in the Middle East.
