On his first apostolic journey abroad, Pope Leo XIV will travel to Lebanon, where he will visit the tomb of St. Sharbel, the 19th-century Maronite monk and hermit who is revered for his piety and a ...
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 ...