Unity, dialogue, respect: On first trip, pope highlights paths to peace
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Visiting two countries over six days on his first foreign papal trip, Pope Leo XIV preached unity, dialogue and respect…
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Pope urges Lebanese not to give up on peace or each other
byBy Cindy Wooden , Catholic News Service BEIRUT (CNS) — Acknowledging the existence of “circumstances that are highly complex, conflictual and uncertain,” Pope Leo…
Lebanese long for peace ahead of Pope Leo’s visit
byAMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Lebanese Catholics yearn for the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to achieve something lost in recent years. Signs bearing the pontiff’s…
Pope’s first trip to focus on religious harmony, peacemaking
byBy Cindy Wooden , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — By choosing to make his first trip as pope to Turkey and Lebanon,…
Lebanon eagerly awaits Pope Leo’s visit as ‘pilgrim of peace,’ Catholic clergy say
byAMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Lebanon eagerly awaits Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming visit, marking his first apostolic trip abroad, Catholic clergy organizers say. “All the Lebanese…
Vatican confirms papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2
byVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV’s first papal trip abroad will be to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27-Dec. 2, the Vatican press office…
Vatican studying possible papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A plan for Pope Leo XIV to visit Lebanon as well as Turkey in late…
Presentation in the temple shows how God lives among us, pope says
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The presentation of Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem shows that God’s closeness to humanity…
Lebanon’s hospitals are on the front lines amid ongoing violence of war
byBy Leo Morawiecki, OSV News BEIRUT — In Lebanon, hospitals and the health care sector have become the front and center of attention —…
Black Catholics, alumni of old St. Monica, recall their school days
byAt least seven decades after they graduated from the old St. Monica School, in Lebanon, Ky., alumni believe the Sisters of Loretto’s strict discipline…