On the papal flight. – After a two-hour and fifty-minute flight from Rome on an ITA Airbus 320 – the popes did not have their own plane -, On Thursday, Leo XIV arrived in the Turkish capital, Ankara, the first phase of the regime First international flight From his papacy. At an altitude of 12,500 metres, about fifteen minutes after take-off, the plane returned This is a habit that was reinforced by his predecessor, FranciscoThe first American Pope moved to the back to warmly receive the eighty journalists accompanying him on this first tour, including LA NACION, which will last six days and will include Lebanon.
“Good morning everyone and Happy Thanksgiving Americans!” Appeared for the first time The Pope, born in Chicago, Who demonstrated his mastery of various languages, as he spoke Italian, English and Spanish.
He thanked the journalists for their coverage and reporting the truth “in a way that helps bring the world into harmony.” Objectives of this first international trip: The search for unity among Christians 1,700 years after the Council of Nicaea, and for peace, in a time of turmoil in the world, “because we are all brothers.”
Before that, Vatican Dean Valentina Alazaracchi welcomed him on behalf of the Vatican and introduced him Byzantine icon of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Patron Saint of the Americas, to a Pope from North America but also from PeruThat is, the Americas.
Despite his more reserved and shy personality, Leo XIV seemed very relaxed when he received reporters, smiling and joking. Take some out Personal photos He even signed a hat belonging to a Lebanese journalist. until He was encouraged to answer some questions, as long as they did not relate to controversial or political issues. For example, the Spaniards assured them that “they could have more than one hope” for a trip home, and like any good athlete, he told them that he had participated in the Camino de Santiago. In response to a question from LA NACION, he revealed that although he was president of the Augustinians for two terms and had traveled to more than fifty countries in the world, he had never visited Turkey or Lebanon, which is why he was very happy with the trip. As usual, Many took advantage of the greeting to ask for blessings. Give him a letter, book, or gift.
Eva Fernandez, Spanish broadcast journalist countersHe surprised him by giving him the heraldic shield of his Spanish ancestors on his mother’s side. In fact, an investigation by the Center for Montanese Studies has confirmed that his maternal ancestors come specifically from the town of Isla, in the municipality of Arnuero in the Cantabria region. And that four of his great-grandparents of the eleventh generation on his mother’s side were nobles on the island of Isla, in the Spain From the sixteenth century. Fernandez explained, “Diego de Arana Isla traveled around the world with the Spanish army and settled in Cuba around 1663, where he died in 1684. The family continued to live in Cuba, the country where four generations of descendants of the Pope’s mother were born, specifically in Havana.”
Like some others, Javier Brucal, from ABCHe gave him the cover of his newspaper on the day of his election, May 8, with the title “Evil will not triumph.”
Meanwhile, the group of Italian journalists handed him a letter explaining why tomorrow everyone – newspapers, television and radio – would fold their arms and stop working, for one reason. He hits Decree due to non-renewal of their contracts and dismissal Use of artificial intelligence In their media.
Since it is Thanksgiving Day in the United States, the Pope particularly enjoyed the gifts specifically associated with this holiday in the more than forty minutes he spent greeting. Elise Ann Allen, journalist for American Catholic Media essence Her official biographer is an author Leo XIV, Citizen of the World, Evangelist of the 21st Century– and Cindy Wooden, from Catholic News ServiceThey gave him two traditional “pumpkin pie” pies. His colleague Claudio Lavanga from nbc“Pecan pie”, also typical of the day. Chris Livesay, from CBS NewsPerhaps he gave him what he loved most: a 1950s baseball bat that had belonged to a famous player from the Chicago Sox, the team he loved.