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Amid doomsaying on AI, Leo XIV looks before – and beyond – regulation

Tag: Lebanon | Crux

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A Palestinian visitor takes a photo at the Roman historical site in the West Bank town of Sebastia on Nov. 20, 2025. (Credit: Nasser Nasser/AP.)

UNESCO adds West Bank site and Lebanese castles to World Heritage List despite Israeli objections

Jul 24
Kim Tong-hyung,
Associated Press

An Israeli flag hangs on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Thursday June 4, 2026. (Credit: Ariel Schalit/AP.)

Lebanese Christians on the edge of Israel’s occupation live with fear and rising tensions

Jun 25
Sarah El Deeb

Residents return to war-ravaged southern Lebanon with hope and sorrow after the US-Iran deal

Jun 18
Kareem Chehayeb and Malak Harb

A man sits with a cat outside St. Georges Orthodox Church in the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Two Christian communities navigate life in southern Lebanon, in photos

Jun 17
Hassan Ammar,
Associated Press

A new crucifix that was sent by Italy to replace the one that was defaced by Isreali troops in Lebanon. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf/via AP.)

Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

May 12
Julia Frankel

Rescue workers search through the rubble of a damaged building for survivors following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome

May 7
Bassem Mroue

Gunmen fire their weapons as 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.)

Melkite Catholic bishops express concern over Israeli demolitions in southern Lebanon

May 5
Bassem Mroue

Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed

May 3
Bassem Mroue

The Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Archbishop Paolo Borgia, center, poses with residents next to a crucifix sent by Italy to replace one that was defaced last week by an Israeli soldier in the Christian village of Debel, south Lebanon, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf via AP.)

Lebanon resident recognizes family crucifix smashed by Israeli soldier in viral image

Apr 25
Sally Abou AlJoud

Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops of the Chaldean Catholic Church from Lebanon in the Vatican on April 10, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope amplifies criticism of Iran war and says ‘God does not bless any conflict’

Apr 10
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

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