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

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 began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the tomb of St. 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 ...

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BEIRUT, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Pope Leo will meet with leaders from Lebanon's diverse religious sects on Monday, where he is expected to urge them not to flee the country despite years of conflict, ...

St. Charbel Makhlouf is depicted in a mosaic at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Credit: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz Forty miles north of Beirut, nestled in the Lebanese mountains, is Annaya ...

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 ...