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 ...

The pope’s visit is a sign of hope,” Rev. Miled Abboud told NBC News. “There are a lot of bleak things, of things that make us despair, but we have Christ who gives us strength to carry on.” ...

St. Charbel Makhlouf is depicted in a mosaic at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. In Lebanon on Dec. 1. 2025, Pope Leo XIV became the first pontiff to visit the final resting place of St.

Chef and restaurateur Charbel Hayek has had his eye on Orange County for quite some time. The “Top Chef” alumni is a master of modern Eastern Mediterranean cuisine, and his Los Angeles-based ...

ANNAYA, Lebanon (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he brought a message of peace, hope and religious coexistence to a region torn ...

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 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 ...

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