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Leo's first foreign trip is likely to be to Turkey, to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of an early Church council with Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Pope Francis’ death postponed the trip, but not the idea of a large-scale ecumenical celebration. Leo XIV need not limit himself to visiting Nicaea.

Pope Leo told Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan that he aims to visit Turkey at the end of November, according to a readout of their meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday by the Turkish presidency.

Leo, elected on May 8 to replace the late Pope Francis, has not yet announced any foreign trips. Francis had been planning a trip to Turkey before his death to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of an ...

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Pope Leo said that Francis, who died on 21 April and broadly had a vision of opening the staid 1.4-billion-member church to the modern world, had left an "example of complete dedication to service".