
Pope Leo XIV ends a three-day visit to Lebanon on Tuesday, bringing his 6-day apostolic visit to Lebanon and Turkey to a close. The pontiff departed Beirut after an official farewell ceremony at Beirut International Airport attended by President Joseph Aoun, Premier Nawaf Salam and Speaker Nabih Berri. “Your Holiness, ...

It is August 4th once more, marking five years since the people of Beirut awoke to the usual chaos of one of West Asia’s smallest yet busiest cities—only to have their lives violently and irreversibly shattered. A day of thunderous explosions, blinding smoke, and glass shards slicing through the air ...