Pope visits famous Istanbul mosque but does not pause to pray @CatholicNewsService
Pope visits famous Istanbul mosque but does not pause to pray @CatholicNewsService
Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Pope Leo XIV spent about 20 minutes inside Istanbul’s famed Blue Mosque, listening as the muezzin explained the building, its construction and how Muslims pray, but he did not appear to pause for prayer as his predecessors had done.
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Pope visits famous Istanbul mosque but does not pause to pray

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