After covering Pope Leo XIV’s first overseas trip, CNN’s Salma Abdelaziz shares a video diary from her day reporting in Iznik, Turkey, with senior field producer Gül Tuysuz and photo journalist Luis Graham-Yooll. In Iznik, Pope Leo led prayers near a lake overlooking the ancient underwater Basilica of Saint Neophytos, during which he condemned the use of religion for justifying “war,” “violence” or “fanaticism,” and urged Catholics to mobilize their faith and unify others.

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