- At an open-air Mass for some 150,000 people in Beirut, Pope Leo urges the Lebanese to “disarm their hearts”
- The Pope visits the Hospital of the Holy Cross, one of the largest mental health centres in the entire Middle East.
- We speak to relatives of those who died in the 2022 Beirut Port blast about the importance of the Pope’s visit to the site of the explosion
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Vatican & World News 01.12.2025
- On his first full day in Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV makes a pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf and prays for peace
- He meets with clergy and religious in Harissa and encourages them to continue to foster unity and peacemaking
- On the penultimate day of his apostolic journey, the Pope takes time to meet with young Lebanese and listen to their concerns
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Vatican & World News 30.11.2025
- Pope Leo XIV wraps up the Turkish leg of his apostolic visit and kicks off the Lebanese leg with a meeting with authorities
- In the morning, the Pope prays at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral and attends the Divine Liturgy in Istanbul before taking off from Turkey
- Pope Leo chats with journalists aboard the papal plane
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Vatican & World News 29.11.2025
- Pope Leo XIV begins the third day of his apostolic journey to Türkiye, visiting Istanbul’s Blue Mosque
- He meets with leaders of other Christian denominations and signs a joint declaration with the Ecumenical Patriarch in which they reject all violence and wars perpetrated in the name of God
- He celebrates Mass with Catholics in Istanbul, reminding them we are about to enter the season of Advent
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Vatican & World News 28.11.2025
- On the second day of his apostolic journey, Pope Leo XIV prays at Istanbul’s Cathedral and visits a care home for the elderly
- He travels to Iznik, the site of ancient Nicea, to commemorate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in the Church’s history
- We look back at that Council which proclaimed the Creed which is recited by Christians around the world
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