November 2025

Pope Leo XIV makes a 30-minute visit to the Carmelite Sisters of the Theotokos in Harissa, on the evening of his first day in Lebanon.

Pope Leo XIV meets with Lebanese civil authorities in Beirut as he begins his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon, urging the country’s young people to speak “the language of hope,” which he said has enabled Lebanon “always to start again.”

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The aircraft carrying Pope Leo XIV is on its way to Beirut where he is about to begin the second leg of his apostolic journey to Türkiye and Lebanon.

The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, Sahak II Marshalian, says Christian Churches need to find new ways “to think about and model a new pattern of ecumenism.”

Pope Leo XIV attends the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, and joins Patriarch Bartholomew I to underscore the bonds that unite us in our Christian faith and the continuing efforts to seek full communion.

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Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I sign a Joint Declaration in Istanbul reaffirming their commitment to the path toward full communion and forcefully rejecting any use of religion to justify violence.

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Pope Leo XIV prays with leaders of various Christian Churches in Nicaea, modern-day Iznik, Türkiye, and invites all Christians to follow the paths of fraternal encounter, dialogue, and cooperation.

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On the Jubilee of Choirs, Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass, urging choristers to live their ministry as a sign of ecclesial unity, singing “in unison” as a people walking together in faith. He notes that liturgical music must foster communion, helping the whole Church journey forward.

After Mass on the Solemnity of Christ the King in St Peter’s Square, Pope Leo makes a heartfelt appeal for the release of students and priests kidnapped in recent days in Nigeria and Cameroon.

Ahead of his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Türkiye, Pope Leo issues the Apostolic Letter ‘In unitate fidei’ on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, broken down into 12 points, with the hope of “encouraging the whole Church to renew her enthusiasm for the profession of faith.”

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