Fresh off of Pope Leo XIV’s first international trip, Senior Vatican Correspondent Gerard O’Connell joins host Colleen Dulle to unpack Pope Leo’s messages of unity and peace in Turkey and Lebanon.

0:00 Intro and background on the trip
1:14 Leo receives gifts on flight to Turkey
3:07 Ecumenical gathering at Nicaea
9:36 Leo proposes 2033 Jerusalem meeting
11:00 Leo appears not to pray at Blue Mosque
18:14 Leo and Erdogan agree on Israel/Palestine
24:18 Leo’s message of peace in Lebanon
34:02 Emotional visit to Beirut port explosion site
38:46 Leo urges against U.S. military action in Venezuela
42:11 Papal trips to Africa and Latin America
44:30 Leo’s experience in conclave
48:55 Outro and credits

Links from the show:
Ahead of Pope Leo’s trip, a look at Christian life in Muslim-majority Turkey
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/25/pope-leo-turkey-christian-muslim/
Pope Leo in Turkey and Lebanon: What to know about his first foreign trip
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/26/pope-leo-turkey-lebanon/
Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholomew urge Christian unity at Nicaea commemoration
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/28/pope-leo-and-patriarch-bartholomew-urge-christian-unity-at-nicaea-commemoration/
In Turkey, Pope Leo pushes for unity and peace—within and beyond Christianity
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/29/pope-leo-turkey-unity-peace-christian-muslim/
Pope Leo addresses Gaza, Ukraine and hopes for Christian unity in first plane press conference
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/30/pope-leo-addresses-gaza-ukraine-and-hopes-for-christian-unity-in-first-plane-press-conference/
Pope Leo makes a strong pitch for peace in war-threatened Lebanon
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/11/30/pope-leo-lebanon-peace/
Pope Leo preaches peace as he visits young people and religious sites in Lebanon
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/12/01/pope-leo-lebanon-trip-peace/
Pope Leo meets survivors of Beirut port explosion and calls for peace as he concludes Lebanon visit
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/12/02/pope-leo-lebanon-beirut-port-explosion/
Pope Leo on what he was thinking inside the conclave
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2025/12/02/pope-leo-plane-press-conference/

Credits:
Producer: Ricardo da Silva, S.J.
Audio engineering and video editing: Kevin Christopher Robles
Executive producer: Sebastian Gomes
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