{"id":70704,"date":"2026-01-04T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=70704"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:25:00","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-at-mass-in-turkey-calls-for-catholic-ecumenical-and-interreligious-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-at-mass-in-turkey-calls-for-catholic-ecumenical-and-interreligious-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV, en misa en Turqu\u00eda, pide la unidad cat\u00f3lica, ecum\u00e9nica e interreligiosa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; margin-bottom: 25px;\">\n  <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/screenshot-2025-11-29-at-17.10.41.png?ssl=1\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; max-width: 100%\" \/><br \/>\n  <span style=\"text-align: right; font-style: italic;\">El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV celebra la Misa en el Volkswagen Arena de Estambul, Turqu\u00eda, el 29 de noviembre de 2025. \/ Captura de pantalla: Vatican Media<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Estambul, Turqu\u00eda, 29 de noviembre de 2025 \/ 11:20 am (CNA).<\/p>\n<p>El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV marc\u00f3 el inicio del Adviento el s\u00e1bado con un llamamiento a la unidad y la paz, diciendo a los miles de fieles reunidos para la Misa en Estambul que los cristianos \u201ccaminan como si estuvieran en un puente que conecta la tierra con el Cielo\u201d, manteniendo sus ojos \u201cfijos en ambas orillas\u201d hasta que est\u00e9n unidos \u201cen la casa del Padre\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Papa celebr\u00f3 la Misa el 29 de noviembre en el Volkswagen Arena, un gran recinto polivalente dentro del complejo cultural Uniq de Estambul. La liturgia, celebrada en la v\u00edspera de la fiesta de San Andr\u00e9s, patr\u00f3n de Turqu\u00eda, tuvo lugar durante el tercer d\u00eda de su primer viaje apost\u00f3lico internacional, que lo ha llevado a Turqu\u00eda y pronto continuar\u00e1 hacia el L\u00edbano.<\/p>\n<p>En su <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/homilies\/2025\/documents\/20251129-messa-istanbul.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">homil\u00eda<\/a>, el Papa reflexion\u00f3 sobre el comienzo del Adviento, diciendo que prepara a los creyentes \u201cpara experimentar de nuevo en Navidad el misterio de Jes\u00fas, el Hijo de Dios, engendrado, no creado, consustancial al Padre\u201d. Inspir\u00e1ndose en la primera lectura de Isa\u00edas (Is 2, 1-5), invit\u00f3 a los fieles \u201ca subir al monte del Se\u00f1or\u201d, que describi\u00f3 como una imagen de luz y paz divinas.<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00f3n se\u00f1al\u00f3 dos im\u00e1genes clave en la lectura. La primera fue el monte \u201cestablecido como el m\u00e1s alto de los montes\u201d, que, seg\u00fan dijo, recuerda a los cristianos que los dones de Dios \u201cson un regalo no solo para nosotros, sino para todos\u201d. Cit\u00f3 ejemplos de testimonio evangelizador: San Pedro encontr\u00e1ndose con Cristo a trav\u00e9s del entusiasmo de San Andr\u00e9s, y San Agust\u00edn llegando a la fe a trav\u00e9s de San Ambrosio. Recordando una frase de San Juan Cris\u00f3stomo: \u201cEl milagro sucede y pasa, pero la vida cristiana permanece y edifica continuamente\u201d, inst\u00f3 a los fieles a \u201cvelar\u201d con oraci\u00f3n, caridad y vigilancia espiritual.<\/p>\n<p>La segunda imagen fue la visi\u00f3n de paz del profeta: \u201cForjar\u00e1n de sus espadas azadones... ni se adiestrar\u00e1n m\u00e1s para la guerra\u201d. El Papa dijo que el mensaje es especialmente urgente hoy, llamando a la Iglesia a ser un signo de reconciliaci\u00f3n en un mundo marcado por el conflicto.<\/p>\n<p>Pasando al tema de los puentes, Le\u00f3n se\u00f1al\u00f3 que el logotipo de su visita a Turqu\u00eda presenta el puente del B\u00f3sforo, que une Asia y Europa. Dijo que la imagen apunta a tres \u201cpuentes de unidad\u201d esenciales: dentro de la comunidad cat\u00f3lica, en las relaciones con otros cristianos y en el di\u00e1logo con otras religiones.<\/p>\n<p>El Papa destac\u00f3 las cuatro tradiciones cat\u00f3licas presentes en Turqu\u00eda (latina, armenia, caldea y siria), llam\u00e1ndolas \u201cuna catolicidad que une\u201d. La unidad, dijo, \u201cnecesita cuidado, atenci\u00f3n y mantenimiento\u201d. Citando la oraci\u00f3n de Cristo \u201cque todos sean uno\u201d, hizo un nuevo llamamiento a la unidad cristiana y anim\u00f3 a los creyentes a ser constructores de paz.<\/p>\n<p>La diversidad de la comunidad cat\u00f3lica de Turqu\u00eda fue visible en la liturgia. Un coro de unos 200 miembros represent\u00f3 los cuatro ritos del pa\u00eds. Las lecturas de las Escrituras y las intenciones de oraci\u00f3n se ofrecieron en turco, arameo, sir\u00edaco, ingl\u00e9s, armenio y \u00e1rabe, reflejando el car\u00e1cter multiling\u00fce y multicultural de los cat\u00f3licos locales.<\/p>\n<p>El domingo por la tarde, el Papa partir\u00e1 de Turqu\u00eda para la segunda etapa de su viaje apost\u00f3lico en el L\u00edbano. Antes de salir de Estambul, tiene previsto participar en varios actos ecum\u00e9nicos por la ma\u00f1ana.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/268151\/pope-leo-xiv-at-mass-in-turkey-calls-for-catholic-ecumenical-and-interreligious-unity\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/268151\/pope-leo-xiv-at-mass-in-turkey-calls-for-catholic-ecumenical-and-interreligious-unity<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. \/ Screenshot: Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 \/ 11:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass in Istanbul that Christians [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-70704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Pope-Leo-XIV-at-Mass-in-Turkey-calls-for-Catholic-ecumenical-and-interreligious-unity.webp?fit=800%2C490&quality=75&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70679,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-visits-emblematic-turkish-mosque-in-sign-of-fraternity-with-muslims\/","url_meta":{"origin":70704,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo XIV visits emblematic Turkish mosque in sign of fraternity with Muslims","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"enero 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. \/ Credit: Vatican Media. 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