Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wrapped up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the ...

On a warm, clear August day in Beirut, Lebanon, five years ago, the lives of countless residents of the Middle Eastern coastal metropolis — including the city’s numerous Christians — changed forever.

BEIRUT — Holy icons no longer witness Mass at Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic church in the Lebanese capital and there are no pews five years after an explosion in the main port sent a devastating ...

As part of his visit to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the Aug. 4, 2020, Beirut port explosion — the largest nonnuclear blast in modern history. For William Noun, the brother of a ...

A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the pope’s three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the largest proportion of Christians. A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the ...

Pope Leo XIV was set to offer a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He was also expected to meet ...