Türkiye, Pope Leo XIV begins second day of visit

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Pope Leo XIV continued his historic visit to Türkiye on Friday, marking his second day in the country with a solemn prayer service at the Holy Spirit Latin Catholic Church in Istanbul. teleSUR

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00:00And Pope Leo XIV continues his official visit to Turkey.

00:14Our Correspondent Yunus Uner provides us with more details about the agenda of the Catholic Supreme Pontiff.

00:20Good afternoon from the city of Iznik here in Turkey,

00:24where the Pope Leo XIV has just finished minutes ago his last public activity on his second day of journey to Turkey.

00:36And he did so right behind me above the ruins of the St. Neophytos Basilica,

00:44a historic site which was where history was made in the past of the Christianity,

00:51when in the year 325, more than 200 bishops gathered here together to take very important decisions regarding Christian theology.

01:03Among them was to determine that Jesus Christ is of divine nature.

01:09They also made several regulations regarding the church organization, administration and also determined, for instance, the date of Eastern.

01:22So this is a very historic site and it is since being a symbol of Christian unity.

01:29And this was on display today as well, because Pope Leo XIV was joined, for instance, by the patriarch of the Constantinople Church,

01:38the Greek Orthodox Church, Bartolomeo I, and also by the representatives of the Armenian Church here in Turkey,

01:45Armenian Orthodox Church, the Assyrian Church.

01:48They were all present here side by side.

01:51And that was a display of Christian unity was presented to the public here.

01:56And that was also emphasized by Leon XIV in his speech.

02:01He said, no matter what religion, no matter what ethnicity, no matter what nationality, all mankind is created by God.

02:11And thus, for that reason, all mankind must be in brotherhood and in harmony.

02:17And he also rejected in his speech all violence that was justified on religious grounds as inacceptable theologically and in terms of humanity.

02:28This was a strong message of Christian unity here displayed in the city of Iznik.

02:36Ancient name is Nikea.

02:37It's actually very present today in every temple.

02:41The Nikean creed comes exactly from this place, from this history.

02:46So this was a very important ceremony that the Pope participated in.

02:51And actually his predecessor, Francis, also wanted to come here, but he passed away in April this year.

02:59After finishing the ceremony, the Pope returned to Istanbul.

03:03He will there have a private meeting with bishops and will continue publicly his program tomorrow in the city of Istanbul.

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