With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfills a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make before his health declined, and it gives Leo a prominent platform to speak about peace in the Middle East. In a notable shift from the Vatican’s traditional use of Italian, he will address audiences exclusively in English while in Turkey and in both English and French during his time in Lebanon.
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Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a flight back to the Vatican after his visit to Lebanon at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Rose petals are scattered to Pope Leo XIV as he leaves after visiting the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Boys dressed as cardinals wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Nuns hold up images of Lebanese Maronite nun Saint Rafqa as they wait for Pope Leo XIV to celebrate a Holy Mass at Beirut waterfront, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
The sun peeks from behind a portrait of Pope Leo XIV before his arrival at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with young people in the Square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerke, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV attends an ecumenical and interreligious meeting at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)
A woman holds a pictures of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah as people wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Two Lebanese air force fighters escort Pope Leo XIV's plane as it flies over Beirut, Lebanon, on it's way to the international airport, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Orthodox clerics wait for Pope Leo XIV to arrive for a doxology service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Pope Leo XIV sits as he celebrates a Holy Mass at Beirut waterfront, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a flight back to the Vatican after his visit to Lebanon at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man lifts a child holding a Vatican flag ahead of a visit by Pope Leo XIV to Bkerki, the seat of the Maronite Church, in Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops, priests, consecrated people and pastoral workers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with young people in the Square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerki, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
The popemobile carrying Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanese security personnel deploy on the roof of the Monastery of Saint Maroun ahead of Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A nun holds a Lebanese flag and a portrait of Pope Leo XIV as he gathers with worshippers at the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops, priests, consecrated people and pastoral workers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf at the Monastery of Saint Maroun, in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Pool)
A group of nuns reach out to Pope Leo XIV as he arrives to the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
The convoy escorting Pope Leo XIV drives past war-damaged buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, following his arrival. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, shakes hands with Pope Leo XIV as they meet at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A Lebanese serviceman and youngsters wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People wave Lebanese and Vatican flags as they wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People wave Lebanese and Vatican flags as the motorcade with the Pope Leo XIV drives past upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV arrives at Beirut's international airport, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV, center right, is escorted by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, and First Lady Nehmat Aoun after his arrival at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Two Lebanese air force fighters escort Pope Leo XIV's plane as it flies over Beirut, Lebanon, on its way to the international airport, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
CORRECT IDENTITY. - Hezbollah's supporters hold pictures of the group's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and wave Lebanese and Hezbollah flags as they welcome Pope Leo XIV and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun outside Beirut International Airport upon the pope's arrival in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a plane bound to Beirut, Lebanon, at Ataturk airport, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, leave after a joint Ecumenical blessing at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV, in the background center, visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
People attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Valerena Yashou holds her painting of the Pope Leo XIV as the crowd wait for him to leave after attending the Doxology with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
People attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Pope Leo XIV arrives with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians to celebrate a Mass at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Orthodox clerics wait for Pope Leo XIV to arrive for a doxology service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A woman shows her t-shirt as she arrives for a Mass led by Pope Leo XIV at the Volkswagen Arena venue, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians leave after a doxology service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pope Leo XIV, center, prays during a meeting with the leaders of the local churches and Christian communities at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV, center, walking with Muezzin Musa Asgın Tunca, left, Dr. Emrullah Tuncel, second from left, and Imam of Mosque Sultanahmet Fatih Kaya, visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Spanish Irati Aguirre, 26, makes a cross with stones as she waits for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV next to archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV greets a child as he meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV visits the nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
People shout slogans during a small protest by Islamic New Welfare Party against a prayer ceremony led by Pope Leo XIV at the archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, lead an Ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
People gather before the arrival of Pope Leo XIV to the archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I lead an Ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV, left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, second left, leave after an Ecumenical prayer service at archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, marking the 1,700 years anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
People wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV for a meeting with the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV waves to the people as he arrives to the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, during his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV waves to the people as he leaves the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, during his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV leaves the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, during his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV visits the nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV listens as Archbishop Martin Kmetec of Izmir delivers his speech during a meeting with the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV peers from a window on board his papal plane bound to Istanbul, at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, during the first of his six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A worker sets a billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV in preparation of the area where he will holds a Holy mass during his visit to Lebanon, at the waterfront of downtown Beirut, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese army soldiers set chairs in preparation of the area where Pope Leo XIV will hold a Holy mass during his visit to Lebanon, at the waterfront of downtown Beirut, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An aerial view shows the area where Pope Leo XIV will hold a Holy mass during his visit to Lebanon, at the waterfront of downtown Beirut, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Pope Leo XIV, right, talks to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting with authorities, members of the civil society and diplomats in the Presidential Palace's national library, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Yavuz Ozden/Dia Photo via AP)
Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he meets with authorities, members of the civil society and diplomats in the Presidential Palace's national library, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV, flanked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and his wife Emine, leaves at the end of a meeting with authorities, members of the civil society and diplomats in the Presidential Palace's national library, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV poses a wreath at the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV is flanked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV is flanked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV is escorted by security members upon his arrival at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, marking the beginning of his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV reviews a honor guard as he arrives at the Esenboga international airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A Turkish honor guard prepares ahead of the arrival of the papal plane carrying Pope Leo XIV at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, marking the start of his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV greets reporters aboard a flight on his way to Ankara, Turkey, for a six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Pool)
The airplane taking Pope Leo XIV to a six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon is ready for takeoff in Rome's Fiumicino airport, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV boards a plane in Rome's Fiumicino airport on his way to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a flight back to the Vatican after his visit to Lebanon at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Rose petals are scattered to Pope Leo XIV as he leaves after visiting the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Boys dressed as cardinals wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Nuns hold up images of Lebanese Maronite nun Saint Rafqa as they wait for Pope Leo XIV to celebrate a Holy Mass at Beirut waterfront, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
The sun peeks from behind a portrait of Pope Leo XIV before his arrival at the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with young people in the Square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerke, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV attends an ecumenical and interreligious meeting at Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)
A woman holds a pictures of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah as people wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Two Lebanese air force fighters escort Pope Leo XIV's plane as it flies over Beirut, Lebanon, on it's way to the international airport, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Orthodox clerics wait for Pope Leo XIV to arrive for a doxology service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross in the town of Jal el-Dib, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Pope Leo XIV sits as he celebrates a Holy Mass at Beirut waterfront, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a flight back to the Vatican after his visit to Lebanon at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man lifts a child holding a Vatican flag ahead of a visit by Pope Leo XIV to Bkerki, the seat of the Maronite Church, in Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops, priests, consecrated people and pastoral workers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with young people in the Square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerki, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
The popemobile carrying Pope Leo XIV arrives at the Monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanese security personnel deploy on the roof of the Monastery of Saint Maroun ahead of Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A nun holds a Lebanese flag and a portrait of Pope Leo XIV as he gathers with worshippers at the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops, priests, consecrated people and pastoral workers at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf at the Monastery of Saint Maroun, in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Pool)
A group of nuns reach out to Pope Leo XIV as he arrives to the Catholic basilica of Harissa, Lebanon Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
The convoy escorting Pope Leo XIV drives past war-damaged buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025, following his arrival. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, shakes hands with Pope Leo XIV as they meet at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A Lebanese serviceman and youngsters wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People wave Lebanese and Vatican flags as they wait to welcome Pope Leo XIV upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
People wave Lebanese and Vatican flags as the motorcade with the Pope Leo XIV drives past upon his arrival to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV arrives at Beirut's international airport, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV, center right, is escorted by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, right, and First Lady Nehmat Aoun after his arrival at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Two Lebanese air force fighters escort Pope Leo XIV's plane as it flies over Beirut, Lebanon, on its way to the international airport, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
CORRECT IDENTITY. - Hezbollah's supporters hold pictures of the group's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and wave Lebanese and Hezbollah flags as they welcome Pope Leo XIV and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun outside Beirut International Airport upon the pope's arrival in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a plane bound to Beirut, Lebanon, at Ataturk airport, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, leave after a joint Ecumenical blessing at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV, in the background center, visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
People attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Valerena Yashou holds her painting of the Pope Leo XIV as the crowd wait for him to leave after attending the Doxology with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
People attend a Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Pope Leo XIV arrives with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians to celebrate a Mass at the Volkswagen Arena, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Orthodox clerics wait for Pope Leo XIV to arrive for a doxology service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A woman shows her t-shirt as she arrives for a Mass led by Pope Leo XIV at the Volkswagen Arena venue, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Dilara Acikgoz)
Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians leave after a doxology service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Pope Leo XIV, center, prays during a meeting with the leaders of the local churches and Christian communities at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV visits the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV, center, walking with Muezzin Musa Asgın Tunca, left, Dr. Emrullah Tuncel, second from left, and Imam of Mosque Sultanahmet Fatih Kaya, visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Spanish Irati Aguirre, 26, makes a cross with stones as she waits for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV next to archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV greets a child as he meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV visits the nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
People shout slogans during a small protest by Islamic New Welfare Party against a prayer ceremony led by Pope Leo XIV at the archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, right, lead an Ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
People gather before the arrival of Pope Leo XIV to the archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I lead an Ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV, left, and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, second left, leave after an Ecumenical prayer service at archaeological excavations of the ancient Byzantine-era Christian Saint Neophytos Basilica, in Iznik, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, marking the 1,700 years anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
People wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV for a meeting with the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV waves to the people as he arrives to the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, during his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV waves to the people as he leaves the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, during his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV leaves the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, during his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pope Leo XIV visits the nursing home of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV listens as Archbishop Martin Kmetec of Izmir delivers his speech during a meeting with the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV meets the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV peers from a window on board his papal plane bound to Istanbul, at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, during the first of his six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A worker sets a billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV in preparation of the area where he will holds a Holy mass during his visit to Lebanon, at the waterfront of downtown Beirut, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese army soldiers set chairs in preparation of the area where Pope Leo XIV will hold a Holy mass during his visit to Lebanon, at the waterfront of downtown Beirut, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
An aerial view shows the area where Pope Leo XIV will hold a Holy mass during his visit to Lebanon, at the waterfront of downtown Beirut, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Pope Leo XIV, right, talks to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting with authorities, members of the civil society and diplomats in the Presidential Palace's national library, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Yavuz Ozden/Dia Photo via AP)
Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he meets with authorities, members of the civil society and diplomats in the Presidential Palace's national library, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV, flanked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and his wife Emine, leaves at the end of a meeting with authorities, members of the civil society and diplomats in the Presidential Palace's national library, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV poses a wreath at the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV is flanked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV is flanked by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
Pope Leo XIV is escorted by security members upon his arrival at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, marking the beginning of his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV reviews a honor guard as he arrives at the Esenboga international airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)
A Turkish honor guard prepares ahead of the arrival of the papal plane carrying Pope Leo XIV at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, marking the start of his first foreign trip. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Pope Leo XIV greets reporters aboard a flight on his way to Ankara, Turkey, for a six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Pool)
The airplane taking Pope Leo XIV to a six-day trip to Turkey and Lebanon is ready for takeoff in Rome's Fiumicino airport, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV boards a plane in Rome's Fiumicino airport on his way to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
