2+ day, 14+ hour ago (644+ words) Pope Leo meeting bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers at Istanbul's Holy Spirit Cathedral on Nov 28. Published'Nov 28, 2025, 02:58 PM Updated'Nov 28, 2025, 06:24 PM ISTANBUL " Pope Leo will meet Christian leaders from across the Middle East in Turkey on Nov 28, and is expected to urge unity among denominations divided for centuries during his first overseas trip as leader of the global Catholic Church. The first US Pope will attend a celebration for the 1,700th anniversary of a landmark early church council, held in modern Turkey. It produced the Nicene Creed, still used by most of the world's 2.6 billion Christians today. The ceremony on Nov 28 is the central impetus for Pope Leo's four-day visit to mainly Muslim Turkey, where he is being closely watched as he makes his first speeches overseas and interacts for the first time with people outside largely Catholic Italy....