Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. This mosque was completed in 1617 on part of the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV becomes the third pope to visit the Blue Mosque, following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors Francis (in 2014) and Benedict XVI (in 2006). Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. This mosque was completed in 1617 on part of the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV becomes the third pope to visit the Blue Mosque, following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors Francis (in 2014) and Benedict XVI (in 2006). Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. This mosque was completed in 1617 on part of the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV becomes the third pope to visit the Blue Mosque, following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors Francis (in 2014) and Benedict XVI (in 2006). Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. This mosque was completed in 1617 on part of the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV becomes the third pope to visit the Blue Mosque, following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors Francis (in 2014) and Benedict XVI (in 2006). Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. This mosque was completed in 1617 on part of the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV becomes the third pope to visit the Blue Mosque, following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors Francis (in 2014) and Benedict XVI (in 2006). Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. This mosque was completed in 1617 on part of the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV becomes the third pope to visit the Blue Mosque, following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors Francis (in 2014) and Benedict XVI (in 2006). Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV Visit To Turkiye - Day 3

Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, also known as the ‘Blue Mosque’ in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. This mosque was completed in 1617 on part of the site of the Great Palace of Constantinople. Pope Leo XIV becomes the third pope to visit the Blue Mosque, following in the footsteps of his immediate predecessors Francis (in 2014) and Benedict XVI (in 2006). Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 returns to Earth

STORY: NASA's SpaceX Crew-6 returns to Earth DATELINE: Sept. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, the United States CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the spacecraft's return (courtesy of NASA) STORYLINE: The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said its SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely off the coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida early Monday. The four-member international crew, consisting of NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Roscosmos (Russia's state space corporation) cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, returned to Earth in a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida at 12:17 a.m. Monday Eastern Time (1617 Monday GMT). The spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at 7:05 a.m. Sunday Eastern Time (1105 Sunday GMT). The mission was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 2, and do

1000-person procession staged in Nikko

1000-person procession staged in Nikko

NIKKO, Japan - A 1000-person procession is staged at the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 18, reproducing a procession in 1617 when the ashes of the Tokugawa Shogunate founder, Tokugawa Ieyasu, were transferred to Nikko from Shizuoka Prefecture.

St Rose of Lima by Aubrey Beardsley

St Rose of Lima by Aubrey Beardsley

SAINT ROSA DI LIMA (1586 - 1617) in ecstasy. Date: 1896

Festival at Nikko shrine recreates 1617 procession

Festival at Nikko shrine recreates 1617 procession

Around 1,200 people dressed as warriors join on May 18, 2016 a biannual procession in the northeastern Japan city of Nikko, which re-enacts the ceremony held in 1617 when the divine spirit of Tokugawa Ieyasu was moved from Mt. Kuno in central Japan to Nikko. The founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate died in 1616. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1000 samurai procession in Nikko

1000 samurai procession in Nikko

People in armor march during the biannual Hyakumonozoroe Sennin Musha Gyoretsu (the 1,000 Samurais Procession Festival) at Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture on Oct. 17, 2015. The procession is a revival of the ceremony held in 1617 when the divine spirit of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, was moved from Mt. Kuno in Shizuoka Prefecture to Nikko. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1000 samurai procession in Nikko

1000 samurai procession in Nikko

Shinto priests carry a portable shrine during the biannual Hyakumonozoroe Sennin Musha Gyoretsu (the 1,000 Samurais Procession Festival) at Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture on Oct. 17, 2015. The procession is the revival of the ceremony held in 1617 when the divine spirit of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, was moved from Mt. Kuno in Shizuoka Prefecture to Nikko. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Samurais parade at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 procession

Samurais parade at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 procession

About 1,200 people clad in traditional samurai clothing approach Nikko Toshogu shrine, a mausoleum of feudal leader Tokugawa Ieyasu, on May 18, 2015. The procession is an annual spring event to commemorate the arrival of Ieyasu's remains in Nikko in 1617 from Kunozan, today's Shizuoka city, central Japan. Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Samurai procession at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 parade

Samurai procession at Nikko Toshogu shrine re-creates 1617 parade

About 1,200 people clad in traditional samurai clothing approach Nikko Toshogu shrine on May 18, 2015, dedicated to feudal leader Tokugawa Ieyasu in a reenactment of the arrival of Ieyasu's remains in Nikko, northeast of Tokyo, in 1617 from Kunozan, today's Shizuoka city, central Japan. The Shinto shrine was built by Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

800 march through Nikko street

800 march through Nikko street

Around 800 people, some dressed up as warriors, march through an approach to the Toshogu shrine in the eastern Japan tourist city of Nikko on Oct. 17, 2017. The event restages a march in 1617 to rebury the remains of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

800 march through Nikko street

800 march through Nikko street

Around 800 people, some dressed up as warriors, march through an approach to the Toshogu shrine in the eastern Japan tourist city of Nikko on Oct. 17, 2017. The event restages a march in 1617 to rebury the remains of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

800 march through Nikko street

800 march through Nikko street

Around 800 people, some dressed up as warriors, march through an approach to the Toshogu shrine in the eastern Japan tourist city of Nikko on Oct. 17, 2017. The event restages a march in 1617 to rebury the remains of Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Festival at Nikko shrine recreates 1617 procession

Festival at Nikko shrine recreates 1617 procession

People carry a portable shrine during a biannual procession at Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Tochigi Prefecture on Oct. 17, 2016. The procession is a revival of the ceremony held in 1617 when the spirit of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, was moved from Mt. Kuno in Shizuoka Prefecture to Nikko. Ieyasu died in 1616. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1000-person procession staged in Nikko

1000-person procession staged in Nikko

NIKKO, Japan - A 1000-person procession is staged at the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 18, reproducing a procession in 1617 when the ashes of the Tokugawa Shogunate founder, Tokugawa Ieyasu, were transferred to Nikko from Shizuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)