With a rich history dating back thousands of years, Istanbul is chock-full of architectural marvels. One such wonder is the Blue Mosque, or the Sultan Ahmed Mosque as it is known to locals. The Blue ...

Pope Leo XIV visited a historic mosque in Turkey during his first foreign trip — and although he customarily took off his shoes, the pontiff declined to join in prayer, according to reports. The ...

Pope Leo XIV started the second day of his trip to Turkey with a visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday. Leo was following in the footsteps of his recent predecessors, who all made high-profile ...

During his visit to the famous Blue Mosque in Istanbul to unite the followers of the Christian faith, Pope Leo XIV seemingly failed to stop and pray, instead seeming focused on building bonds. While ...

Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque, observing the architecture in silence without praying, a departure from his predecessors. He later met with Turkey's Christian leaders, emphasizing unity ...

ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Pope Leo visited Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic ...

The namesake of Mazar-i-Sharif suffered countless cracks in a 6.3-magnitude quake, but, like Afghanistan, it has endured for centuries. By Yaqoob Akbary Safiullah Padshah and Elian Peltier Yaqoob ...

Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday on the second day of his trip to Turkey and stressed the need for Christian unity in meetings and liturgies with the country's Christian leaders ...