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 ...

Some saints leave behind books, letters, and sermons. Others leave behind silence. Saint Charbel Makhlouf of Lebanon belongs to the second kind. He wrote nothing, preached rarely, and withdrew from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pilgrims in front of a portrait of Saint Charbel at the monastery of Saint Maron in Lebanon's mountain village of Annaya — Joseph EID Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a ...

Show more Show less The monastery of Saint Maron in the mountain village of Annaya, pictured on November 12 Repairs to the road leading to the monastery ahead of the papal visit Pilgrims in front of a ...