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 ...

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.

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 ...

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Annaya, Lebanon, 01 December, 2025 / 1:37 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf, entrusting the ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed for peace in Lebanon and the region on Monday as he kicked off day two of his trip to the multi-confessional country with a visit to a famous pilgrimage site. Thousands of people ...

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 ...

Pope Leo prayed for peace in Lebanon and beyond on Monday (December 1) as he visited the tomb of Saint Charbel at the Monastery of Saint Maroun in Lebanon's Annaya, during the second day of his visit ...

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 ...

ANNAYA, Lebanon — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he opened his first full day in Lebanon with a message of peace and religious ...