This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history. Icon depicting the Emperor Constantine and the fathers of the Council of Nicaea of ...

Catholic and Orthodox Church leaders call for end to religious divisions in Iznik, formerly Nicea, where the foundation of modern Christian doctrine was established. Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical ...

IZNIK, Turkey—Archaeologist Mustafa Şahin spent years studying the area around Lake Iznik, near Istanbul. Eventually, he realized that the biggest treasure was hidden in the lake itself. An aerial ...

Pope Leo XIV joined the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I by a lake an few hours from Istanbul on Friday afternoon in a ceremony to mark the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea. ACA subsidies ...

Pope Leo XIV marked a high point of his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to the site where early Christian church leaders met 1,700 years ago under the auspices of the Roman Emperor ...

In a momentous occasion bringing together Christian leaders across denominations, Pope Leo has traveled to Turkey to observe the 1700th anniversary of the pivotal Council of Nicea. The landmark ...

Pope Leo XIV received a warm welcome from the Turks on Thursday as he undertakes his first-ever apostolic journey. The pontiff touched down in Istanbul on Thursday and was immediately transported to ...

Pope Leo XIV makes the first foreign trip of his papacy to Turkey and Lebanon, continuing a journey originally planned by Pope Francis. On this day, he visits Iznik to mark the 1,700th anniversary of ...