Pope Leo prays for unity at historic Nicaea site ^85.9%

NPR - By Ruth Sherlock, Durrie Bouscaren - 11/28/2025, 3:53 PM

IZNIK, Turkey —On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea — the gathering that produced the creed still spoken in churches today. The first American pope prayed alongside Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual... more