Marwan Semaan/ACI MENAPope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for an estimated 150,000 people at Beirut’s Waterfront in Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025. In his homily, Pope Leo spoke of praise, hope, beauty and responsibility, calling for… UPDATED: Pope Leo XIV Calls Lebanon to Stand Up, Be a Home of Justice and Fraternity
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Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria. / Credit: Courtesy of Nonnen_Goldenstein EWTN News, Dec 2, 2025 / 09:14 am (CNA). An attempt… Austrian nuns who escaped nursing home reject compromise offer
Jeffrey Bruno Seton Education Partners pose with children after their baptism. What’s most beautiful is how the children who are taught so often become the ones who lead their families to the Faith. In a… The City of Saints
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 2, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). The pope has… Official Vatican documents can now be drafted in languages other than Latin
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Elias Turk/AIGAV pool.Pope Leo XIV reflects on the enduring message of St. Charbel Makhlouf at the hermit’s tomb at the Monastery of St. Maron, in Annaya, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025. Despite leaving behind no… Pope Leo Entrusts Lebanon to Saint Charbel’s Intercession, Prays at His Tomb
BEIRUT – On his first day in Lebanon, Pope Leo urged the country’s pastors and religious to continue striving for unity and to embrace a spirit of solidarity with those who are suffering, regardless of… Pope urges Lebanese pastors, religious to embrace spirit of solidarity
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ANNAYA, Lebanon — Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday at the tomb of a Lebanese saint revered among Christians and Muslims as he opened his first full day in Lebanon with a message of peace and religious coexistence in… Pope in Lebanon prays for peace at tomb of saint revered by Christians and Muslims