BEIRUT: Rachelle Mazraani is traveling from Sydney to Beirut for Pope Leo XIV’s visit this week, one of many Lebanese at home and abroad who hope the trip will revive their struggling country.After visiting Turkiye, Leo is to arrive in Lebanon on Sunday for a three-day trip that includes an open-air mass at Beirut’s waterfront that organizers expect to draw 120,000 people.He will also hold a special meeting with those aged 16 to 35 in Bkerke, north of Beirut, where the patriarchate of Lebanon’s Maronite Church is located.“As a young Lebanese woman living abroad, this visit represents a deep re

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkiye and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught…

Pope Leo XIV has picked war-torn Lebanon as part of his first official trip abroad, aiming to call for unity and help preserve the country.

BEIRUT: Rachelle Mazraani is traveling from Sydney to Beirut for Pope Leo XIV’s visit this week, one of many Lebanese at home and abroad who hope the trip will revive their…

He will gather with leaders of other Christian traditions in Nicaea and celebrate Mass in Beirut.