Diplomats from both countries joined a military-led committee overseeing a year-old truce as fears mounted of a renewed Israeli offensive against Hezbollah. By Euan Ward Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon ...

BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV capped his first international trip as pontiff with an open-air Mass on the waterfront in Beirut, where he met with some of Lebanon’s most vulnerable and implored a crowd of tens ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he ...

Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from Francis. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, who covers the Vatican from her base in ...

BEIRUT — Holy icons no longer witness Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in the Lebanese capital and there are no pews five years after an explosion in the main port sent a devastating shock ...

BEIRUT — Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Lebanese capital to witness Pope Leo XIV's message of unity to a shattered city and a fractured state Tuesday. Before Mass, the pontiff stopped by ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he ...

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Beirut on Sunday after a visit to Turkey that began last week. He challenged Lebanon’s political leaders to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside as he sought to ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Over the past few decades, hundreds of thousands of Christians have left parts of the Middle East for good, driven by wars and the rise of Muslim extremists. In Lebanon, it has been ...