Pope expected to visit Turkey in November next year

Pope Francis, the religious leader of the Catholic world, is expected to visit Turkey in November next year. According to information from sources close to the Vatican, preparations are under way for his visit to Istanbul. Istanbul-based Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the installation Mass of Pope Francis in Vatican City in March, and then Bartholomew revealed that the new pope had told him he wanted to pay a visit to Turkey.