Lebanon awaits pope's visit amid instability and ongoing strikes
naharnet - 10/8/2025 1:07:18 PM - GMT (+2 )
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naharnet - 10/8/2025 1:07:18 PM - GMT (+2 )

Pope Leo XIV has said his first foreign trip, to Turkey and Lebanon next month, would provide a historic opportunity to promote Christian unity while bringing a message of peace and hope to Lebanon's long-suffering people and the broader Middle East.
Leo outlined the trip, announced by the Vatican Tuesday on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, during an encounter with reporters as he left the papal country estate south of Rome.
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