Pope Leo XIV boards a plane in Rome's Fiumicino airport on his way to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
November 27, 2025 - 3:58 AM
With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road. The journey fulfills a visit Pope Francis had hoped to make before his health declined, and it gives 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 will address audiences exclusively in English while in Turkey and in both English and French during his time in Lebanon.
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