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UPDATED: Pope Leo XIV calls Lebanon to stand up, be a home of justice and fraternity

Beirut heard a different kind of voice on Tuesday morning. In a city still marked by the sounds

Aid to the Church in Need welcomes appointment of Cardinal Koch as its new president

The executive director of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), Regina Lynch, thanked Pope Leo XIV for

Pope Leo prays at Beirut blast site, meets families seeking justice

Pope Leo XIV paused on the final morning of his trip to Lebanon before the ruins of the

Pope Leo urges Lebanon to place the sick at the center of society

Pope Leo XIV told hospital patients and caregivers in Lebanon that he had come to “where Jesus dwells,”

Pope Leo to Lebanese youth: Love, not retaliation, is the real answer to evil

Pope Leo XIV told thousands of young people in Lebanon on Monday that love, not retaliation, is the

Pope Leo entrusts Lebanon to Saint Charbel’s intercession, prays at his tomb

Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the

Pope Leo says Erdogan talks focused on Gaza and Ukraine, sees Turkish role in peace efforts

Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly

Pope Leo XIV calls Lebanon to tenacity, hope, and reconciliation

Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon’s leaders to embrace tenacity, dialogue, and a renewed commitment to the common good
The Pope's plane arrives in Beirut. Screenshot: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Lebanon, bringing a message of peace to a nation scarred by war

The sky over Lebanon — once dominated by missile exchanges and relentless air raids during the 2023–2024 conflict
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV, at Mass in Turkey, calls for Catholic, ecumenical and interreligious unity

Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling
The flights for Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic journey are taking place aboard an ITA Airways Airbus A320neo, one of thousands of Airbus planes affected by a computer issue, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News.

Airbus computer issue affects papal plane during trip to Turkey

The papal plane set to fly Pope Leo XIV from Turkey to Lebanon on Sunday is one of
Pope Leo XIV addresses bishops, priests, religious, pastoral workers, and laypeople at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 28, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Catholics reflect on Pope Leo’s visit to Istanbul cathedral

Pope Leo XIV began the second day of his apostolic journey to Turkey at the Cathedral of the
A family presents the gifts at the offertory for the Holy Mass during a Jubilee Mass. Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican Affirms Monogamy and Announces New Reforms

Speaking to reporters in Castel Gandolfo just days before Thanksgiving, Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, encouraged

Pope Leo’s prayer intention for December: for Christians in areas of war or conflict

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for December is for Christians living amidst war or conflict, especially in the

Homeless mother given ‘key’ to new apartment by Pope Leo XIV 

At 35 weeks pregnant Nadia Howlader became homeless, living on the streets of Sydney, Australia, but all of

Pope Leo shares ‘secret of Christian charity’ with Little Sisters of the Poor

Pope Leo XIV visited the Nursing Home of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul on Friday,

Vatican’s 2025 Christmas tree installed in St. Peter’s Square

A towering Christmas tree now stands in the center of St. Peter’s Square, after the spruce arrived at

Pope Leo reminds Turkish Catholic minority of the ‘logic of littleness’

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Turkey’s small Catholic community Friday to rediscover what he called the Gospel’s “logic of
Pope Leo XIV with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey, on November 27, 2025. | Vatican Media

Pope Leo denounces ‘might is right’ in address to Turkish authorities

Pope Leo XIV opened his first international trip on Thursday with a sweeping call for unity, renewed dialogue,

Pope Leo XIV to focus on Christian unity, relations with Islam in Turkey and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey Thursday on his first international apostolic journey. The wide-ranging trip — spanning

9 historic religious sites Pope Leo XIV will visit in Turkey, Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon holds both spiritual and historical significance for the

How the man who became Pope John XXIII helped shape Vatican-Turkey relations

Pope Leo XIV’s journey to Turkey and Lebanon carries significant historical and diplomatic symbolism. His decision to make

Pope Leo centralizes oversight of St. Peter’s and St. Mary Major basilicas

Pope Leo XIV has issued a new decree revising the financial and administrative norms governing the basilicas of

Fact check: Did Pope Leo host a rave last week in Slovakia?

Social media lit up last week with claims that Pope Leo XIV “threw a rave” outside St. Elisabeth

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