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Places
Locations tied to the life, ministry and travels of Pope Leo XIV.
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Vatican City
Vatican City is the independent city-state and seat of the Holy See, and the residence of Pope Leo XIV, who lives in the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace. It sits within Rome and is the smallest sovereign state in the world.
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Chiclayo
Chiclayo is a city on the northern coast of Peru where Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — served as bishop from 2015 to 2023. It anchors his long association with Peru.
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Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, is the birthplace of Robert Francis Prevost, elected Pope Leo XIV in May 2025 — the first pope born in the United States.
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Peru
Peru is the South American country where Pope Leo XIV spent much of his life as an Augustinian missionary, seminary teacher and Bishop of Chiclayo. He became a naturalised Peruvian citizen in 2015.
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İznik (Nicaea)
İznik, ancient Nicaea, in north-western Türkiye, is where the First Council of Nicaea met in 325. Pope Leo XIV visited on 28 November 2025 with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to mark the council's 1,700th anniversary.
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Beirut
Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, was the final stop of Pope Leo XIV's first foreign journey (30 November – 2 December 2025), on a visit centred on peace, reconstruction and support for the country's Christians.
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Spain
Spain hosted Pope Leo XIV from 6 to 12 June 2026, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands. The visit combined a major public liturgy, a landmark moment for the Sagrada Família, and a focus on migration.
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Türkiye
Türkiye was the first country Pope Leo XIV visited as pope, from 27 to 30 November 2025, with a pilgrimage to İznik (ancient Nicaea) for the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.
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France
France is the destination of Pope Leo XIV's next announced apostolic journey, 25–28 September 2026, which will include an address at the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris.
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Rome
Rome is the Italian capital that surrounds Vatican City. As Bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV has a cathedral — the Basilica of St John Lateran, of which he took possession on 25 May 2025 — and pastoral responsibilities across the city.
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Algeria
Algeria was part of Pope Leo XIV's April 2026 journey to Africa — the first papal visit to the country. It included a stop at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, near the birthplace of the saint whose order the pope belongs to.