From November 27 to December 2, Pope Leo XIV will make his first apostolic journey abroad of his pontificate, traveling to Turkey and Lebanon.
Full Schedule:
| Thursday 27 November 2025 ROMA – ANKARA – ISTANBUL | |
| 07:40 | Departure by airplane from Rome/Fiumicino International Airport to Ankara |
| 12:30 | Arrival at Esenboğa International Airport in Ankara |
| OFFICIAL WELCOME | |
| 13:30 | VISIT TO THE ATATÜRK MAUSOLEUM |
| 14:10 | WELCOME CEREMONY at the Presidential Palace |
| 14:40 | VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC |
| 15:30 | MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS |
| 17:20 | Departure from Ankara |
| 17:35 | Departure by airplane from Esenboğa International Airport to Istanbul |
| 19:00 | Arrival at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul |
| Friday 28 November 2025 ISTANBUL – İZNIK – ISTANBUL | |
| 09:30 | MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, DEACONS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND PASTORAL WORKERS at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit |
| 10:40 | VISIT TO THE NURSING HOME OF THE LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR |
| 14:15 | Transfer by helicopter to İznik |
| 15:30 | ECUMENICAL PRAYER SERVICE near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos |
| 16:30 | Transfer by helicopter to Istanbul |
| 18:30 | PRIVATE MEETING WITH BISHOPS in the Apostolic Delegation |
| Saturday 29 November 2025 ISTANBUL | |
| 09:00 | VISIT TO THE SULTAN AHMED MOSQUE |
| 09:45 | PRIVATE MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF THE LOCAL CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem |
| 15:30 | DOXOLOGY in the Patriarchal Church of Saint George |
| 15:50 | MEETING WITH HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I AND SIGNING OF THE JOINT DECLARATION in the Patriarchal Palace |
| 17:00 | HOLY MASS in the “Volkswagen Arena” |
| Sunday 30 November 2025 ISTANBUL – BEIRUT | |
| 09:30 | PRAYER VISIT AT THE ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CATHEDRAL |
| 10:30 | DIVINE LITURGY at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George |
| 12:30 | ECUMENICAL BLESSING |
| 13:00 | LUNCH WITH HIS HOLINESS BARTHOLOMEW I at the Ecumenical Patriarchate |
| 14:15 | FAREWELL CEREMONY at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul |
| 14:45 | Departure by airplane from Atatürk Airport to Beirut |
| 15:45 | Arrival at Beirut International Airport |
| WELCOME CEREMONY | |
| 16:45 | COURTESY VISIT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC at the Presidential Palace |
| 17:15 | MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| 17:30 | MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER |
| 18:00 | MEETING WITH THE AUTHORITIES, CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS |
| Monday 1 December 2025 BEIRUT – ANNAYA – HARISSA – BKERKÉ | |
| 09:45 | VISIT AND PRAYER AT THE TOMB OF SAINT CHARBEL MAKLŪF at the Monastery of Saint Maroun in Annaya |
| 11:20 | MEETING WITH BISHOPS, PRIESTS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND PASTORAL WORKERS at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa |
| 12:30 | PRIVATE MEETING WITH CATHOLIC PATRIARCHS in the Apostolic Nunciature |
| 16:00 | ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING in the Martyrs’ Square in Beirut |
| 17:45 | MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké |
| Tuesday 2 December 2025 BEIRUT – JAL ED DIB – ROMA | |
| 08:30 | VISIT TO THE STAFF AND PATIENTS OF THE “DE LA CROIX” HOSPITAL in Jal Ed Dib |
| 09:30 | SILENT PRAYER AT THE SITE OF THE BEIRUT PORT EXPLOSION |
| 10:30 | HOLY MASS at the “Beirut Waterfront” |
| 12:45 | FAREWELL CEREMONY at Beirut International Airport |
| 13:15 | Departure by plane from Beirut International Airport to Rome |
| 16:10 | Arrival at Rome/Fiumicino International Airport |