The trip comes days before the anniversary of the fall of Bashar al-Assad, and as Lebanon is navigating the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

Itinerary includes meeting with Erdogan; speeches expected to focus on peace, will be delivered in English; Vatican spokesman ...

Pope Leo XIV will make his first international trip by visiting Turkey and Lebanon where he is expected to focus on peace in the Middle East, meet political leaders and show his support to Christians ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, making a symbolically important gesture to Christians and Muslims on a pilgrimage ...

Leo XIV’s trip this week to Turkey and Lebanon, his first abroad as pope, is viewed as a sign of hope in a region struggling ...