On 28 November, Leo and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will join hands at the site of the Ecumenical Council, Iznik of modern Turkey
The pontiff will join the Orthodox leader for a joint pilgrimage to Nicaea during his first apostolic journey to Türkiye and Lebanon this November
Pope Leo XIV will arrive at the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Phanar See in Istanbul after the commemoration of the 1,700-year-old anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea
Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky were among attendees
"We look at the new pontiff with Christian hope. I intend to come to his enthronement and propose developing dialogue between the East and the West,"
There will be no honeymoon here between the pope and the American leader one may safely say
The Greek PM highlighted, in a post on X, that the newly elected pope is undertaking leadership of the Catholic church at a critical time.
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The 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost is from the northern part of the American continent, though he spent many years as a missionary in Peru before being elected head of the Augustinians for two consecutive terms
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump met briefly today in Rome on the sidelines of Pope Francis' funeral.
Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, personally approved a series of reforms in 2024 that simplified the rites for a pope’s funeral and burial.
The funeral of the "People’s Pope," as he was often called, presented a unique tableau: the world's most powerful figures standing alongside some of its most disenfranchised.
Pope Francis laid to rest after public funeral at St. Peter's Square.
Several prominent cardinals have emerged as leading contenders to succeed Francis and guide the Church through a time of demographic shifts, internal reforms, and global challenges.
According to Reuters, nearly 130,000 people have paid their respects during Pope Francis’s lying in state at St. Peter’s Basilica.
The coffin containing the remains of Pope Francis has arrived at St. Peter's Basilica, marking the beginning of a historic farewell.