The French-language Lebanese daily L’Orient-Le Jour reported the cleric died from wounds sustained from a shell, while four other people were injured.
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Lebanon’s Eastern Catholic patriarchs, bishops call for ‘spiral of violence’ to end
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsThe Church leaders expressed “deep concern” over the “escalation of armed conflicts in Lebanon and the Middle East” and over the “grave consequences” that would arise for the region’s people …
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Archbishop Iskandar said the region was awakened at midnight “to the sound of intense airstrikes” by Israel in “an abrupt escalation that civilians did not anticipate.”
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Pope Leo spoke to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican Apostolic Palace Jan. 9.
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As Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his first apostolic visit to Turkey and Lebanon, he gave a hint on his flight back to Rome as to which other countries he …
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Leo’s papacy, of nine months gestation, has revealed itself slowly — full of hope but also hidden, as though the first pope from the United States meant to show himself …
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The story behind the young woman who wept while hugging Pope Leo in Beirut
by Dale Gavlakby Dale Gavlak“My heart was beating so fast when I saw that God had put the Holy Father right in front of me,” Melvine Khoury, a Maronite Catholic, told OSV News.
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Pope Leo is first pontiff to go to St. Charbel’s tomb; visit is source of ‘great joy’ for Lebanon
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsThe pope’s visit is “a historic recognition of St. Charbel’s role in the world and a powerful message of support and hope for a country in crisis.”
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Pope tells reporters dialogue is always the answer to tense situations
by Cindy Woodenby Cindy WoodenAt the end of his first foreign trip as pope, a trip focused on dialogue, Pope Leo XIV said the examples of friendship and respect he had seen could be …
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Pope Leo met the 15,000 young people after meeting their elders in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square
