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Pope Leo to make inaugural visit to Muslim nations

Pope Leo XIV leads the inauguration Mass of his Papacy. [AFP]

Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, is poised to embark on his inaugural foreign trip next month to Turkey and Lebanon, the Vatican has reported.

The pilgrimage is a symbolic gesture to both Christian and Muslim communities and will fulfil a journey his predecessor, Pope Francis, had planned.

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