Pope Leo XIV embarks on first foreign trip, visiting Turkey and Lebanon

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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.

One journalist gifted Pope Leo XIV a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie as he began his first foreign tour to Turkey and Lebanon, accompanied by the world's press.

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