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Men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Lebanon buries a Christian official killed in an Israeli strike as anti-Hezbollah anger surges

Apr 9
Kareem Chehayeb,
Associated Press

Worshipers pray during Good Friday Mass at St. Anthony Church, which was devoted to expressing solidarity with Christian villagers in southern Lebanon displaced by the war in Jdeideh, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Displaced by war, Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

Apr 5
Kareem Chehayeb,
Isabel Debre, Associated Press

Displaced people who fled Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon sit i n tents in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 29, 2026. (Credit: Emilio Morenatti/AP.)

Iran says its expelled ambassador won’t leave Lebanon as political tensions soar

Mar 31
Kareem Chehayeb,
Associated Press

Israeli soldiers atop an APC in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon, Saturday, March 21, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Lebanese Christians fear another occupation as Israel threatens to use Gaza tactics in the south

Mar 26
Kareem Chehayeb,
Julia Frankel

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Pope prays at site of 2020 Beirut port explosion

Dec 2, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

A billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his upcoming visit to Lebanon, near the grain silos at Beirut's port that were heavily damaged in the massive 2020 explosion as a graffiti in Arabic reading "Victims of the Beirut port explosion" is seen in the foreground, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pope Leo XIV’s visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-battered Lebanon

Nov 25, 2025
Kareem Chehayeb,
Abby Sewell, Associated Press

Civil Defence workers inspect the damage after an apartment was hit during an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh in the southern suburb of Beirut, Sunday Nov. 23, 2025. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

Days before papal visit to Lebanon, Israel kills senior Hezbollah official in Beirut strike

Nov 24, 2025
Fadi Tawil,
Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV at his General Audience at the Vatican on Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo’s first international trip could be to Lebanon, cardinal says

Aug 21, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Clergy, bags of cash set off new sectarian brawl in Lebanon

Aug 3, 2022
Kareem Chehayeb

Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

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Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on Sunday, 20 Sept. 2026, in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

Pope appeals for aid to drought and violence-stricken Somalia

Sep 20
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a busy street intersection near the iconic "I Love My Country" monument in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon

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Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of a conference organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery's Commission for New Martyrs in the Vatican on Sep. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Pope Leo XIV signs Magnifica humanitas. (Image ©Vatican Media)

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Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on Sunday, 20 Sept. 2026, in the Vatican. (Image ©Vatican Media)

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