Beirut, Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo concluded his visit to Lebanon with a heartfelt appeal at the airport before departing for Rome on Dec. 2: “May the attacks and hostilities cease. We must recognize that armed struggle brings no benefit.
At an interfaith meeting in downtown Beirut, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch John X Yazigi welcomed Pope XIV in Lebanon Monday, describing the small nation as a “unique country that breaths through both its lungs, the Muslim and Christian.”