Pope Leo made history. He became the first pope to visit the tomb of St Charbel Makhlouf, a towering religious figure known ...

Giovanni and Charbel Lteif, 21-year-old Maronite Catholic brothers, documented Pope Leo’s journey via their social-media ...

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 ...

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. Lawrence boasts many longtime parishioners who turned out in big numbers for the blessing. “It’s phenomenal,” said Dawne ...

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 ...

Leo is bringing a message of peace and Christian-Muslim coexistence at a time when political tensions in Lebanon are worse than they have been in years.

The Pope prayed for unity within the Church and for peace in Lebanon at the saint’s tomb, after urging the country’s political leaders to be peacemakers. Pope Leo made a pilgrimage to the tomb of St ...

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 ...

"My family and I have great faith in Saint Charbel and always visit him," said Matar, 69, at the Saint Maron Monastery in Annaya in the mountains of north Lebanon. "I almost died when I was five. He ...