The pope is seeking to make communities feel less isolated and to encourage them to remain in their ancestral lands.

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Just shy of seven months into his papacy, Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, will take off on his first ...

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Leo’s visit includes meetings with Turkey’s President and a focus on supporting Turkey’s small Catholic community.