During the 50-minute audience, Pope Francis gave Erdogan a medallion embossed with an angel strangling a "demon of war" -- a symbol of peace and justice. For the first visit by a Turkish leader for 59 ...

Pope Leo XIV is in Turkey on his first foreign trip, fulfilling the late Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Christian ...

ANKARA, Turkey -- Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict, as he opened his first foreign trip as pope on Thursday with a plea for peace ...

The newly elected pope also said he believed Turkey had an “important role that it could play” in securing peace in the region. Following a visit in Turkey last week, Pope Leo XIV said that he had ...

Pope Leo XIV is on his first foreign trip to Turkey and later Lebanon, marking an important Christian anniversary and bringing a message of peace to the region at a crucial time for efforts to end the ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey to be a source of stability and dialogue in a world riven by conflict, as he opened his first foreign trip as pope on Thursday with a plea for ...

Pope Francis, Latin America’s first pontiff, died at age 88 after a cerebral stroke. Francis stressed humility over hubris ...

(JTA) — Following a visit in Turkey last week, Pope Leo XIV said that he had spoken with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about their shared support for a two-state solution, which Leo called ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the Palestinian issue is central to achieving peace in the region and praised the Vatican’s stance on it. “At the heart of a lasting peace in our region ...