Pope Leo XIV arrives in Lebanon, bringing a message of peace to a nation scarred by war

Pope Leo offers Lebanon a way to hope ‘even when surrounded by the sound of weapons’ Pope Leo XIV told Lebanon’s bishops, clergy, and pastoral workers on Monday that Christians can remain steadfast in hope “even when surrounded by the sound of weapons,” urging them to look to the Virgin Mary as a model of faith in dark and uncertain times.

Pope Leo entrusts Lebanon to Saint Charbel’s intercession, prays at his tomb Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf, entrusting the country and the wider Middle East to the intercession of the saint whom many Lebanese, Christians and Muslims alike, invoke as the “heavenly physician.”

Pope Leo XIV calls Lebanon to tenacity, hope, and reconciliation

Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon’s leaders to embrace tenacity, dialogue, and a renewed commitment to the common good during an address on Sunday.

Pope Leo says Erdogan talks focused on Gaza and Ukraine, sees Turkish role in peace efforts Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Lebanon, bringing a message of peace to a nation scarred by war The sky over Lebanon opened Sunday not to warplanes but to the aircraft carrying Pope Leo XIV.