Photos highlight Pope Leo XIV’s first overseas pilgrimage

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12:55 PM on Thursday, November 27, 2025

By The Associated Press

With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV became the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfilled a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make before his health declined, and it gave 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 addressed audiences exclusively in English while in Turkey and in both English and French during his time in Lebanon.

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