Rome, 30 November (LaPresse) – "As I leave your country to begin my apostolic journey to Lebanon, I renew my warmest greetings and best wishes and once again express my deep gratitude to Your Excellency, the authorities and the people of Turkey for the cordial welcome and generous hospitality they have offered me during these days. Assuring you all of a constant remembrance in my prayers, I invoke upon the nation the divine blessings of fraternal harmony and peace." Thus Pope Leo XIV in a telegram to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after leaving the country for Lebanon.