00:00Pope Leo XIV has met with leaders of the Eastern and Western Churches in Iznik, Turkey,
00:07on Friday to pray for unity among Christians.
00:12At the site of the historic Council of Nicaea, held in 225 AD,
00:17the Pope joined Patriarch Bortholomeo and other religious leaders to recite the Nicene Creed.
00:22For it was with great wisdom and foresight that he...
00:27Leo called the Creed fundamental for moving towards full unity
00:31and urged overcoming centuries of division.
00:34In the very place where it was held.
00:36We are gathered here not simply to remember the past.
00:42We are here to bear living witness to the same faith expressed by the fathers of Nicaea.
00:52We return to this wellspring of the Christian faith in order to move forward.
01:02Representatives of Syriac, Coptic, Armenian and Protestant churches also attended the event.
01:09Before the prayer, a small protest by the Islamic New Welfare Party ended peacefully under police supervision.
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