Pope Leo XIV visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque at start of day of meetings with Turkiye’s religious leaders
Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday (November 29, 2025) but didn’t stop to pray, as he opened an intense day of meetings and liturgies with Turkiye’s religious leaders and a Mass for the country’s tiny Catholic community. The head of Turkiye’s Diyanet religious affairs directorate showed Pope Leo the soaring tiled domes…