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"The future of humanity is at stake," warned Pope Leo XIV during an address in Ankara, on the first leg of his trip to Turkey and Lebanon.
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;Resize=(620)) Pope Leo arrived in Turkey on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday. He was expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches.
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Leo XIV arrived in the country's capital, Ankara, and will be received by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the opening leg of a trip that will also include Lebanon.
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This Thanksgiving, Pope Leo is making his first overseas trip as pontiff. He started in Turkey, where he called for tolerance between different peoples and religions.
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