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At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’

Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV renews call for cease-fire in Mideast conflict

Mar 25
Crux Now Staff

People gather near a building destroyed in an Israeli strike in the village of Bednayel in eastern Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP.)

‘Our presence is our mission’: Redemptorists from India remain in war-weary Lebanon

Mar 19
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV to Mideast belligerents: ‘Cease fire!’

Mar 15
Christopher R. Altieri

War has already displaced nearly a million Lebanese, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis

Mar 15
Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb

Pope Leo XIV at the Weekly General Audience in St. Peter's Square on March 11, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV prays for slain Maronite priest as he is buried in Lebanon

Mar 11
Crux Now Staff

UNIFIL peacekeepers meet civilians waiting to be evacuated in southern Lebanon, March 10, 2026. (Credit: United Nations.)

Christian families flee southern Lebanon due to attacks from Israel

Mar 11
Crux Now Staff

The shadow of the crucifix surmounting his pastoral staff falls across Pope Leo XIV as he presides over Ash Wednesday Mass, marking the start of Catholic Lent, inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV: ‘Profound sorrow’ for slain priest, all suffering in Middle East

Mar 10
Crux Now Staff

A firefighter extinguishes a burned shop at a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (Credit: Hussein Malla/AP.)

In war-torn Lebanon, a Filipino Jesuit stands with abandoned migrants

Mar 6
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

Pope, Herzog discuss antisemitism, peace in phone call

Dec 17, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

Leo’s first foreign trip an exercise in learning ‘how to pope’

Dec 8, 2025
Elise Ann Allen

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At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’

Mar 26
Tiffany Stanley

Pope Leo calls for French bishops to ‘generously include’ those attached to Traditional Latin Mass

Mar 25
Charles Collins

Pope Leo calls for peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims

Mar 25
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican’s chief legal expert

Mar 25
Associated Press