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LIVE UPDATES: Pope Leo XIV arrives in Turkey

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Pope Leo XIV began the first apostolic journey of his papacy to Turkey and Lebanon from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2. Watch LIVE the major events of this trip at youtube.com/@ewtnnews and follow our live updates of his historic trip:

Pope Leo addresses Turkish authorities​


At the Nation’s Library in Ankara, Pope Leo XIV addressed Turkish officials, diplomats, and members of civil society, calling for unity in the face of the global drift toward division and violence.
The pope said he hoped Turkey could be “a source of stability and rapprochement between peoples” and serve the cause of a “just and lasting peace.”
Read the full story from EWTN News’ Elias Turk, on the ground in Turkey.

Pope Leo XIV meets President Erdoğan​


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Pies and a baseball bat: The gifts Pope Leo XIV received on the papal flight to Turkey​


Aboard the papal plane on Thanksgiving Day, Pope Leo XIV kicked off his first international trip — a visit to Turkey — with distinctly American gifts: a baseball bat and pumpkin pie.

“To the Americans here, Happy Thanksgiving!” Leo said as he greeted about 80 journalists aboard the chartered ITA Airways flight to Ankara on Thursday morning. “It’s a wonderful day to celebrate.”

Two American journalists traveling with the pope gave him pumpkin pies. “It’s not Thanksgiving if there’s not enough to share,” Crux correspondent Elise Ann Allen told the pope as she handed him the second pie.

“I’ll definitely share some,” Leo responded. The pope had plenty to share as NBC News correspondent Claudio Lavanga also gave him a pecan pie.

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