The trip will center on two key moments: a pilgrimage to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea and a ...

Commemorating the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and its Creed, as well as reaffirming hopes for peace in the ...

Issa’s family winery, Domaine des Tourelles, is about 10 miles as the crow flies from the Syrian border. He has been running ...

Pope Leo XIV will make his very first international trip next month, traveling to both Turkey and Lebanon in a highly ...

Pope Leo XIV's visit to bring hope and peace, uniting Christians and Muslims amid decades of conflict, Catholic clergy say ...

Pope Leo to visit eight cities in Turkiye, Lebanon on first trip abroad as pontiff. Most visited website in Sri Lanka.

Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people during his first foreign ...

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From the crowded streets of Beirut to the ancient Roman temples of Baalbek, I drove across Lebanon as a foreigner. Experience ...

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