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CNA Staff, Nov 26, 2025 / 22:12 pm Pope Leo XIV began the first apostolic journey of his papacy to Turkey and Lebanon from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2. Watch LIVE the major events of [...]

Rome Newsroom, Nov 27, 2025 / 09:25 am Aboard the papal plane on Thanksgiving Day, Pope Leo XIV kicked off his first international trip — a visit to Turkey — with distinctly American gifts: a [...]

Edmonton, Canada, Nov 27, 2025 / 07:00 am Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Stephen A. Hero of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, as the eighth archbishop of Edmonton, succeeding Archbishop Richard Smith, who became archbishop of [...]

ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 27, 2025 / 06:28 am Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for December is for Christians living amidst war or conflict, especially in the Middle East: “Let us pray that Christians living [...]

ACI MENA, Nov 27, 2025 / 06:00 am The arrival of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon is approaching quickly, and preparations are underway at every level — state institutions, municipalities, parishes, and countless volunteers are [...]

Pope Leo XIV with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey, on November 27, 2025. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Nov 27, 2025 / 08:25 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV opened his first international trip on Thursday with a sweeping call for... [...]

Vatican journalists went all out in welcoming Pope Leo aboard for his first apostolic flight as he departed early this morning for Turkey. (The second stage of his trip will bring him to Lebanon.) The 80-some journalists on board were eager to greet him and share stories and gifts, and since it’s Thanksgiving, that had Read More…

Pope Leo gets pumpkin pie on flight to Turkey

As Aleteia readers probably know well, Sicily is the birthplace of many Catholic culinary traditions. From the “flying cookies” of Vicari to the “genovesi” of Erice, the island’s nunneries and monasteries have invented some of the most iconic Sicilian treats. This Thanksgiving season, take a vicarious trip to the heartland of Sicily to find out Read More…

Sicily’s nun-invented pumpkin cookies: Muccunetti

During the first apostolic journey of his pontificate, which will take him to Turkey and Lebanon from November 27 to December 2, 2025, Leo XIV will encounter two very different realities with regard to the local Catholic communities. Here’s an overview based on official figures from the Vatican’s Central Statistics Office published ahead of the Read More…

An overview of the Catholic Church in Turkey and Lebanon