More than 120,000 people are expected to attend Pope Leo XIV's mass in Beirut on the final day of his Lebanon visit, when he also has a chance to pay his respects at the site of the huge 2020 port explosion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/02/world/pope-leo-beirut-port-blast/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #popeleo #lebanon #beirut
Visiting Pope Leo XIV urged the Lebanese people on Sunday to embrace reconciliation and remain in their crisis-hit country, while calling on its leaders to put themselves fully at the service of their citizens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/society/pope-lebanon-reconciliation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #popeleo #middleeast #lebanon
Pope Leo begins his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday with a visit to Turkey, where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/world/pope-leo-turkey-first-overseas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #popeleo #turkey