BEIRUT, April 6 ― Pope Francis is set to visit Lebanon in June, the country's presidency said yesterday, in a long-awaited trip that comes amid spiralling financial and political crises. Lebanon, home to one of the largest Christian communities in the Middle East, has been gripped by an...
BEIRUT, April 6 ― Pope Francis is set to visit Lebanon in June, the country's presidency said yesterday, in a long-awaited trip that comes amid spiralling financial and political crises.
“Apostolic Envoy Joseph Spiteri informed President Michel Aoun that Pope Francis will visit Lebanon next June,” a presidency statement said. The last trip in 2012 saw Pope Benedict XVI visit to appeal for peace, months after the start of the civil war in neighbouring Syria.“Lebanon is more than a country ― it is a message,” he said at the time.One social media user drew a parallel between the 1997 visit and the one expected in two months.
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