"ROME -- Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people and compounded Lebanon's economic and political crisis during his first foreign trip as pope next month that will also take him to Turkey to mark an important anniversary with Orthodox Christians. The Vatican on Monday released the itinerary of Leo's Nov. 27-Dec. 2 trip."
"The main impetus for travelling to Turkey this year is to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity's first ecumenical council. Leo made clear from the start of his pontificate that he would keep Francis' commitment, and has several moments of prayer planned with the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Patriarch Bartholomew I. Nicaea, today located in znik on a lake southeast of Istanbul, is one of seven ecumenical councils that are recognized by the Eastern Orthodox."
Pope Leo XIV will make his first foreign trip Nov. 27-Dec. 2 to Lebanon and Turkey, including a prayer at the 2020 Beirut port blast site that killed over 200 people. The itinerary includes opportunities for the first American pope to address interfaith and ecumenical relations and the plight of Christians in the Middle East. The trip to Turkey marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and includes prayers with Patriarch Bartholomew I. Leo will travel to Nicaea (İznik) for a brief prayer and will also pray at the Armenian apostolic cathedral in Istanbul on Nov. 30.
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