People wait outside the Monastery of Saint Maroun ahead of Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) People wait outside the Monastery of Saint Maroun ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

At a shrine topped by a 28-foot-tall statue of Our Lady of Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV listened to stories of unshakable faith amid war, injustice and suffering.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence Monday as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region, as ...

Leo opened his day by praying at the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Lebanese saint revered by many Christians and Muslims. Every year, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, Christian and Muslim, visit ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Beirut on Sunday after a visit to Turkey that began last week. He challenged Lebanon’s political leaders to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside as he sought to ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Lebanon's tradition of interfaith coexistence Monday as a beacon of hope for a conflict-torn region, as he asked for "the divine gift of peace" alongside the country’s ...