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Pope Leo takes his first trip abroad

Pope Leo XIV boards a plane in Rome's Fiumicino airport on his way to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
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Pope Leo XIV boards a plane in Rome's Fiumicino airport on his way to Turkey and Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)

Pope Leo is on his first official papal trip — and some see this as the first real test of his papacy. In a speech delivered in Ankara, Turkey, the pope warned that a “third world war” was being fought “piecemeal,” endangering humanity’s future.

We get the latest from Claire Giangrave, the Vatican correspondent for Religion News Service.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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