Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to ...

The first apparent Israeli airstrike on central Beirut in nearly a year of conflict leveled an apartment building early Monday, hours after Israel hit targets across Lebanon and killed dozens of ...

BEIRUT (RNS) — At a meeting with a head of the one of the Christian faith’s earliest communities, Pope Leo XIV addressed young Christians on Monday (Dec. 1), urging them to stay in their country ...

Demonstrators hold flags as they gather for a rally in solidarity with Iran after Friday prayers, at Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon June 20, 2025. [Ahmad al-Kerdi/Reuters] (Reuters) Israeli air ...

"We all know that at this time Israel still does not accept that solution, but we see it as the only solution," Leo, the first US pope, told journalists on a flight from Turkey to Lebanon.

The Holy See has had a longstanding position supporting a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. “We know that ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack said on Monday that when it comes to the conflict between Lebanon and Israel, the U.S. cannot compel Israel to do ...

Pope Leo XIV’s visits holy sites in Lebanon on Monday that draw Christian and Muslims as he seeks to recognize the importance of the country's religious pluralism and also send a message to Christians ...

BEIRUT (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV told a crowd of young Lebanese that despite war, economic collapse and exile, their country’s future is still in their hands, and he urged them to ‘be the hope Lebanon is ...