Pope Leo XIV plans to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign trip, according to the country’s Catholic cardinal.

Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV is expected to travel to Lebanon before the end of the year on his first international trip.

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected ...

Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, the country's senior Catholic official announced on Wednesday, in what could be the first ...

A papal trip to Lebanon was long discussed under Pope Francis, but the country’s political and economic crises complicated planning.

Pope Leo, the first American pope, has announced plans to visit Lebanon by December, marking a significant diplomatic step.

Pope Leo XIV is considering a visit to Lebanon, potentially his first foreign trip as Pope, to address challenges in the ...

A plan for Pope Leo XIV to visit Lebanon as well as Turkey in late November and early December is being studied, a Vatican official said.

Pope Leo XIV has been gearing up for his first international journey later this year with a trip to Lebanon, highlighting his wish for peaceful interfaith co-existence.The visit would mark a ...

It is against this backdrop, repeatedly recalled in his appeals, that last Wednesday, at the end of his General Audience, ...

It would not have been easy for anyone to step into the shoes of the fisherman after Pope Francis, just as it was not easy for Benedict XVI to follow St. John Paul II. But Leo XIV has done so with ...

With a silent march, moving testimonies, and the symbolic planting of 75 trees in honor of the victims, Lebanon commemorated on Aug. 4 the fifth anniversary of the devastating explosion that ...