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

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ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but ...

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, who visited Turkey on the 28th, did not visit the Hagia Sophia—a site previously visited by his four predecessors—drawing attention to the reasons behind this decision. Some interpret ...

The Chicago-born pope broke with his two predecessors by rejecting the invitation to pray at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul ...

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

Pope Leo’s quiet stop at Istanbul’s Blue Mosque underscored the fragile, necessary work of Muslim-Christian dialogue in ...

Thousands of worshippers battled the rain to join Pope Leo XIV as he celebrated mass in Istanbul on Saturday, the last full ...

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