BEIRUT, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Pope Leo ends a three-day visit to Lebanon on Tuesday, wrapping up his first overseas trip as Catholic leader, during which he pleaded for peace in the Middle East and warned that humanity's future was at risk from the world's bloody conflicts.

The pope celebrated Mass with some 5,000 people, many foreign-born Catholics, in an intimate Istanbul arena on Nov. 29, his last full day in Turkey.

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, where the two discussed immigration in Chicago and Pritzker extended an invitation for the pope to visit Illinois.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and wars, as he celebrated Mass in a parish church that has special spiritual ties to Leo's own Augustinian religious order.

Pope Leo XIV presiding over the mass outside Rome on Sunday, a highlight of the Catholic Church's Jubilee year - Copyright AFP Jack GUEZ Pope Leo XIV presiding over ...

A private meeting between Gov. JB Pritzker and Pope Leo XIV in Rome is raising hopes that the suburban native will return to Chicago for a visit. Pritzker and his wife, MK, spent time with the

Thousands of worshippers battled the rain to join Pope Leo XIV as he celebrated mass in Istanbul on Saturday, the last full day of his visit to Turkey.

Pope Leo XIV dedicated the final morning of his visit to Turkey on Sunday to strengthening ties with the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his trip to Lebanon, including a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region