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Key Moments from Pope Leo XIV's Historic 1st Apostolic Journey to Turkiye and Lebanon as Messenger of Peace and Unity!

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV Lands Safely in Rome Following His Successful 1st Apostolic Journey to Turkiye and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV on the Plane Reveals He Thought of Retiring and is in Peace Negotiations with Trump and Other Leaders - FULL TEXT

Pope Leo XIV says "Let us all choose peace as a way, and not just as a goal!" in Farewell Speech to Lebanon - FULL TEXT

Pope Leo XIV in Lebanon Visits Hospital Telling the Sick "you are close to the heart of God our Father. He holds you in the palm of his hand; he accompanies you with love" FULL TEXT

Pope Leo XIV at Mass to 150,000 "the God of peace places in your hands...Be a prophetic sign of peace" FULL TEXT Homily in Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV in Lebanon Tells 15,000 Youth "The true principle of new life is the hope that comes from above: it is Christ himself! Jesus .... the witness of the mercy that redeems the world from every evil"

Pope Leo XIV in Lebanon says "God’s boundless love" - "embraces every human heart...the very core of interreligious dialogue...God’s presence beyond all boundaries" FULL TEXT

Pope Leo XIV says “we are called to celebrate the victory of love over hate, forgiveness over revenge, service over domination, humility over pride… changing our sufferings into a declaration of love for God” FULL TEXT in Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV at St. Charbel's Tomb Entrusts Lebanon to Him and says "The Holy Spirit formed him so that he could teach those who live without God how to pray..."

Pope Leo XIV Visits Sweet Nuns at Conclusion of his 1st Day in Lebanon a Country of Great Religious Diversity - PICTURES

Pope Leo XIV in Lebanon says "the work of peace is indeed a continuous starting anew...not daunted by disappointment...embracing all situations with hope...it takes perseverance to protect and nurture life" FULL TEXT

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV Arrives Safely in Lebanon to a Warm Welome where He is Known as "Baba Liyū" to Locals!

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV says He Came as a Messenger of Peace and Urges a 2 State Solution for Palestine while Calling for a Ceasefire in Ukraine - on the Plane FULL TEXT

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV at Divine Liturgy says "Catholics and Orthodox are called to be peacemakers" and Bestows Apostolic Blessing with Orthodox Patriarch - FULL TEXT

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV Praises Courageous Armenian Christians and Hopes for "model of" Full Communion with Orthodox - FULL TEXT

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV with Leaders of Ecumenical Churches at Private Meeting Choose Jerusalem in 2033 as Future Gathering for Unity

Pope Leo XIV at Mass with Thousands in Turkiye says "How great the need for peace, unity and reconciliation around us, within us and among us!" FULL TEXT Homily

BREAKING Pope Leo XIV and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew Sign Declaration for Unity and Rejecting Use of Religion to Justify Violence