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This was a far cry from the minimalist welcome given to Pope Leo XIV on Thursday in Ankara, Turkey. This time, the Pope had not yet set foot on Lebanese soil when he was already getting an official welcome: two military planes escorted the Pope’s Airbus A320 to land. When the aircraft doors finally opened, class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://aleteia.org/2025/11/30/hors...

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Pope Leo XIV visited Iznik (where Nicaea once stood) in Turkey on November 28 to commemorate, with some 20 Christian leaders, the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. Standing before the ruins of a once-submerged ancient basilica, they proclaimed together the Creed, Christianity’s first profession of faith. The version they used did not include class="excerpt-read...

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On the last morning of his time in Turkey, Pope Leo participated in two Orthodox moments of prayer, first with the Armenian Apostolic community and then joining Patriarch Bartholomew for Divine Liturgy (Mass). The Pope paid tribute to the Armenian people during a prayer service at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul. As his predecessors class="excerpt-read-more" h...

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Virginia Mayo knew she was destined to be an actress from age six when she began studying at her aunt’s dance studio in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. This great-great-great-granddaughter of Captain James Piggott, a George Washington underling at Brandywine, born Virginia Clara Jones 105 years ago today, would implore her childhood friends to class="excerpt-read-more...

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Fyodor Dostoevsky’s line, “beauty will save the world,” is a favorite line to quote, especially when considering the rich 2,000-year history of the Church and art … from music to literature to the visual arts. I love quoting another line, this one from Benedict XVI, who found that the pure greatness of music born from class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://aleteia.org/202...

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