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Pope Leo XIV Next month its inauguration is ready to travel on foreign trip, to travel turkey And Lebanon,
The pilgrimage is a symbolically important gesture for both Christian and Muslim communities and would have planned its predecessor, Pope Francis, originally planned.
Vatican announced on Tuesday that Leo will travel turkey From 27-30 November and Lebanon From 30 November to 2 December.
The Turkish Yatra program consists of a pilgrimage for Econnic, with the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecological council Nicia.
The anniversary has significant importance for Catholic-rugistic relations. Pope Francis intended to mark it with his Turkish visit in May, invited by the Orthodox leader Patrik Bartholomu I.
Next Francis dies in AprilLeo said his clear intentions to complete their previous plans.
The journey will first give the American Pope a chance to speak widely about peace in the Middle East and the plight of the Christians there.
Like Francis, Leo has consistently called for peace and dialogue in the Middle East, especially as Israel’s aggressive anger in Gaza.
The last Pope was the Pope to visit Lebanon Benedict XVI What was his sinner’s last foreign journey in September 2012.
Francis had long hoped to visit Lebanon, but the country’s political and economic instability stopped a journey during his lifetime.
About six million Mediterranean nations, which include over a million Syrian and Palestinian refugees, have the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East and the only Arab country with a Christian head of the state.
However, the Vatican fears that the instability of the country has been particularly dangerous for the continuous appearance Its Christian community, a child for church in the Middle East,
Lebanon is currently struggling to recover after years of economic crisis and is a war -related war between Israel and Lebanese terrorist group Hizbullah. A US and France-Bropoward ended with a ceasefire in November,
The formation of a new, reformist government in November ended the two -year political vacuum and brought hopes of recovery but the situation remains tense.
Lebanese President Joseph Aun announced a visit to X, but only provided dates. Vatican said the journey journey will be released at a later date.
Israel is Continue to capture five strategic points on the border’s Lebanese side And carry forward the near daily air attack that it says that Hizbullah has to be prevented from re -organizing.
Hizbullah is increasing domestic and international pressure to release his remaining arsenal, but has refused to do so until Israel takes back. There are apprehensions of civil struggle if the Lebanese officials attempted to force the group.
About one -third of Lebanon’s population is considered Christian, although there has not been an official census since 1932.
Maronights are the largest and most powerful sects and, by the conference, the President of Lebanon is always a Meronite Christian.