JAKARTA - Pope Leo hopes to travel to Turkey later this year to attend the 1,700th anniversary of the summit of the great Christian Church, which will be his first overseas trip during his papal period.
The early centuries of Christianity were marked by heated debates about how Jesus could become a Lord as well as a human being, and the Church decided this at the First Nicea Concil - now known as Iznik in Turkey - in 325.
"I look forward to meeting you again, within a few months, to participate in the ecumenical commemoration of the Nicea Reconciliation," Pope Leo said in an audience with Orthodox and Catholic pilgrims from the United States.
Pilgrims visited Leo at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, before continuing their journey to Istanbul.
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Earlier this month, the Turkish presidential office said the Pope had conveyed to Turkey's First Lady, Emine Erdogan, about her intention to visit the country.
Pope Leo, who was elected on May 8 after Pope Francis' death, has yet to travel abroad.
In May, after visiting Leo at the Vatican, korow told broadcaster TV2000 belonging to Italian bishops, it is likely that the date of the Pope's visit to Turkey is November 30.
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