Turkey, Lebanon and Pope Leo
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Pope joins patriarchs at historic Christian site in Turkey to commemorate creed and pray for unity
Leo paid tribute to the country's tiny Catholic community and also visited a group of nuns, the Little Sisters of the Poor, who run a nursing home in Istanbul.
In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s largest Christian groups.
Christians are still the largest religious minority in the Middle East, the region where Jesus was born, lived and died, but the community is shrinking.