Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of Lebanon’s dysfunction and official impunity as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s ...

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the ...

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Pope Leo has prayed with survivors of the 2020 Beirut explosion at the end of his trip to Lebanon. On the site of the blast, the Pope blessed emotional survivors of the disaster which killed over 200 ...

Pope Leo XIV prays at the site of the Beirut port blast in August 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 2, 2025. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, pool via Reuters) Pope Leo concluded his visit to Lebanon with a ...

Igor Grechushkin's detention in Sofia comes five years after a Lebanese judge issued an arrest warrant for him in connection with the devastating Beirut port explosion of 2020. The port of Beirut in ...

A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the pope’s three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the largest proportion of Christians. A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the ...