Pope Leo XIV is breaking with decades of papal tradition during his current trip to Turkey by choosing not to visit the Hagia ...

Authorities say the construction machinery is operating on a specially designed platform, not directly on Hagia Sophia’s ...

Pope Leo XIV tours Istanbul's Blue Mosque but declines to pray, surprising Vatican officials who had to correct official ...

By Joshua McElwee ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn't stop to pray, ...

Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul's iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn't stop to pray, as he opened an intense day of ...

Pope Leo XIV is visiting Istanbul’s Blue Mosque. The Vatican said Leo would observe a “brief minute of silent prayer" but it ...

Pope Leo XIV will visit Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque early on Saturday on the third day of his trip to Turkey.

The Vatican then sent out a corrected version of its bulletin about the trip, removing reference to the planned "brief moment ...

Pope Leo XIV visited a historic mosque in Turkey during his first foreign trip — and although he customarily took off his ...