Istanbul Summit: Apostasy Masquerading as Ecumenism
The VaticanNews portal (November 29, 2025) reports on a meeting between “Pope” Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul. The event included a joint prayer service, commemorations of the First Council of Nicaea’s 1,700th anniversary, and a signed Joint Declaration reaffirming “shared commitment to Christian unity.” The “pope” praised his predecessors’ ecumenical engagements with Orthodoxy, calling Nicaea a foundation for “restor[ing] full communion among all Christians.”









