Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day visit to Turkey.

Pope Leo XIV has made his first visit to a mosque since his election, and while he removed his shoes as a sign of respect, he did not appear to pray. On Saturday, Leo went to the Blue Mosque in Istanbul,

Georgian Dream cabinet members, led by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, visited Vatican City on November 24 and met with Pope Leo XIV. This marks Kobakhidze’s first visit to the Vatican in his official capacity.

Pope Leo was presented with a bracelet by Cate Blanchett and a personalised New York Knicks basketball jersey by Spike Lee as dozens of prominent figures from the world of cinema and television visited the Vatican on Saturday.

Sharing art, books and local beer, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday called it an “honor” to meet with the pope in the Vatican to express “the pride and reverence of the people of this great state.”

The Vatican, the smallest state in the world, possesses a unique and complex legal, administrative, and spiritual structure designed to guarantee the independence of the pope and allow the Church to act freely throughout the world.

Soldiers from U.S. Army Garrison Italy’s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program traveled to Rome Nov. 17–19, where they