Pope Leo XIV on his way to Lebanon

The aircraft carrying Pope Leo XIV is on its way to Beirut where he is about to begin the second leg of his apostolic journey to Türkiye and Lebanon.

Vatican News

Just after 3 p.m. (local time), the Ita Airways Airbus A320neo carrying Pope Leo XIV departed from Istanbul–Atatürk International Airport bound for Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, where the Pope will remain until Tuesday, 2 December, for the second leg of his first apostolic journey.

The Pope’s 4-day visit to Türkiye

Thus, the Pope’s four-day visit to Türkiye comes to its conclusion. Amongst the highlights of the visit is the commemoration, together with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and heads and representatives of Christian Churches around the world, of the 1700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council in history, held in Nicaea, today İznik.

On that occasion, Pope Leo called for overcoming “the scandal of divisions” and asked everyone to foster “unity.”

Welcome in Lebanon

Upon his arrival at Beirut airport, which is named after former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, who was killed together with his security officials in an attack on 14 February 2005, the Pope will be received by the Apostolic Nuncio and the Head of Protocol of Lebanon.

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