Pope Leo XIV calls for unity with Eastern Orthodox Church in trip to Turkey

Pope Leo XIV called on Christians to unite during his visit to Turkey, marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in a gesture aimed at ending the Great Schism that separated the Roman Catholic Church from Eastern Orthodox Christianity for nearly a millennium.

Leo called on Christians to overcome their divisions during a historic prayer meeting with Orthodox Church patriarchs in the city of Iznik, commemorating the anniversary of the creation of the Nicene Creed, a central statement of Christian faith that is recited by several denominations.