Millions of people visit his resting place every year, and now for the first time, a pope visited as well. On the second leg of his apostolic journey that took him to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV prayed at ...

Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a child. Now, he is among pilgrims of all faiths who visit Saint Charbel's tomb, soon to be graced by Pope Leo XIV. "My family and I have ...

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 ...

St. Charbel Makhlouf is depicted in a mosaic at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Credit: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz Forty miles north of Beirut, nestled in the Lebanese mountains, is Annaya ...