US EditionPope Leo to Visit Lebanon, Cardinal Says, in Likely First Trip Abroad
- Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, according to Cardinal Bechara Rai, in a likely first trip abroad as the new leader of the global Church.
- Cardinal Rai stated that the pope will travel to Lebanon 'by December,' with preparations already underway.
- A Vatican official confirmed that a trip to Lebanon is being planned, which may include Turkey as part of the tour.
- Pope Leo commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Beirut port explosion, noting it killed 200 people and caused significant damage.
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(Istanbul = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Dong-ho = Pope Leo XIV plans to choose Lebanon as his first overseas destination after his inauguration, according to Saudi Arabian media outlet Al Arabiya...
By Christopher Lamb, CNN Cardinal Becharai Rai, leader of Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic Church, told the news channel Al-Arabiya that Pope Leo XIV would visit the country “in December” and that preparations are already underway. Rai is the leader of the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the pope, and in the interview he did not specify the date of Leo’s trip. Leo XIV has previously stated that a trip to Turkey is in the…
By Christopher Lamb, CNN Cardinal Becharai Rai, leader of Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic Church, told the news channel Al-Arabiya that Pope Leo XIV would visit the country “in December” and that preparations are already underway. Rai is the leader of the Maronite Church, an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the pope, and in the interview he did not specify the date of Leo’s trip. Leo XIV has previously stated that a trip to Turkey is in the…
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