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Pope Leo XIV visits emblematic Turkish mosque in sign of fraternity with Muslims

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media. Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 03:10 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV started his third day in Turkey on Saturday with a visit to the Sultan... [...]

Pope Leo Shares ‘Secret of Christian Charity’ With Little Sisters of the Poor

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Pope Leo Reminds Turkish Catholic Minority of the ‘Logic of Littleness’

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Pope Leo XIV Marks Nicaea Anniversary, Urges Christians to Overcome Divisions

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Council of Nicaea: 1,700 years of Christian unity amid division

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 28, 2025 / 10:00 am In the summer of A.D. 325, more than 300 bishops gathered in Nicaea — located in modern-day northern Turkey — to promulgate a common Christian creed, [...]

What was at stake in Nicaea, at stake today, is our faith: Pope

There are scenes that the Fathers of the Council of Nicaea could not have imagined. On Friday afternoon, on the eastern shore of Lake Iznik, the muezzin’s call to prayer carries far beyond the small Turkish seaside resort built on ancient Nicaea. The air is mild. The sun has broken through the clouds. The gray-blue Read More…

What was at stake in Nicaea, at stake today, is our faith: Pope

Pope Leo XIV marks Nicaea anniversary, urges Christians to overcome divisions

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at an ecumenical event marking the 1,700th anniversary of Nicene Creed, in Iznik, Turkey, on November 28th, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Iznik, Turkey, Nov 28, 2025 / 08... [...]

Pro-life, Christian health insurance company launches in Texas

CNA Staff, Nov 28, 2025 / 07:00 am Two Texas pro-lifers are launching a health care plan that embraces Catholic life ethics, creating an ethical option for Christians. Health insurance companies often cover things that [...]

At Nicaea again, Churches unite in one Creed

In the Bible, drought is seen as a sign of disfavor, a consequence of disobedience to God’s law. Ancient peoples (and modern ones) feel deeply our reliance on rain and the harvests the moisture brings. So surely the drought that has caused the receding waters of Lake Iznik in Turkey can’t be considered something positive. Read More…

At Nicaea again, Churches unite in one Creed