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Flying from Istanbul to Beirut during his first foreign trip since his election in May, the pope continued the tradition of his predecessors by speaking to reporters aboard the papal plane.

More Christian pilgrims have made their way to Iznik since the papal visit was announced, and numbers are expected to grow.

The joke around town is that people want another papal visit if only so the government finishes repaving all the country’s pothole-stricken streets.

He likes to swim and to play tennis, which he does at least once a week, when he takes a day off and goes to the papal country palace in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome.

The author asserts that the Church’s teachings on immigrant dignity rest on deep biblical and theological foundations rooted in scripture and papal encyclicals, making the bishops’ position consistent with authentic Catholic doctrine.