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

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

The pope is visiting Turkiye until Sunday on his first overseas trip as pontiff, which also includes a visit to Lebanon.

Leo undertook the tour "in a spirit of reflection and listening, with deep respect for the place and for the faith of those ...

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

Pope Leo XIV started the second day of his trip to Turkey with a visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday. Leo was ...

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 started his third day in Turkey on Saturday with a visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The visit was a gesture of respect towards the Islamic world, fraternity with Muslims, and ...

ISTANBUL (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV, like his two immediate predecessors, visited the so-called Blue Mosque in Turkey’s capital; he ...

Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque without praying there as he focused on strengthening ties with Orthodox ...

There's a historic site on a prairie in North Dakota where a mosque was built nearly a hundred years ago. It was the first building in the U.S. constructed specifically to be a mosque. Descendants of ...

Breaking from tradition, Pope Leo XIV refrained from praying at Istanbul's iconic mosque, seemingly to the surprise of the ...