Pope Leo Visits Turkey on His First Trip as Pontiff
The pope started his six-day trip, which will also include a visit to Lebanon.
The pope started his six-day trip, which will also include a visit to Lebanon.
Many windows were covered, preventing residents from seeing the fire and smoke, one survivor said.
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.
Firefighters were still trying to fully extinguish the blaze, a day after it engulfed several towers in the complex. Many people were still trapped in the buildings.
First in Warsaw and later from Paris, he supplied anti-Communist activists in Poland with steady stream of leaflets, newsletters and banned books.
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The pontiff begins a trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday — the first foreign voyage of his papacy, and his biggest test yet.
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