Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards the papal plane at Fiumicino Airport (@VATICAN MEDIA)
Pope Leo XIV begins his first Apostolic Journey bound for
Türkiye
Pope Leo XIV departs from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport as he
begins his first Apostolic Journey, which takes him to Türkiye and Lebanon to
offer a sign of unity and peace.
By Devin Watkins
The papal plane took off from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport at
7:58 AM on Thursday, bound for Ankara, Türkiye.
The partitions of the ITA Airways Airbus A320neo bore the
image of Our Mother of Good Counsel, a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary held
dear by the Augustinians.
Devotion to Our Lady under the title is tied to the
hill-town church of Genazzano, Italy, where the Augustinians have served since
the 13th century.
Pope Leo XIV visited the church in Genazzano just two days
after his election as the Successor of Peter.
On that visit, he prayed at the foot of the ancient image of
Our Mother of Good Counsel, which comes from Shkodër, Albania.
Pope Leo's seat bears
the image of Our Mother of Good Counsel on the partition
First day in Türkiye
Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to Türkiye and Lebanon
begins in Ankara, where his first stop will be at the Mausoleum of Mustafa
Kemal Atatürk, the father of the Republic of Türkiye.
The Pope will then be welcomed to the Presidential Palace to
meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and deliver an address to the civil
authorities and diplomatic corps.
He will then reboard the papal plane and travel to Istanbul,
where he will reside at the Apostolic Nunciature for the remainder of his visit
to Türkiye.
Pope Leo greets the
pilots of the papal plane (@Vatican Media)
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